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Plate Tectonics Review 2023

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mountains are created at what geologic speed...

a)

gradual...then BOOM!

b)

gradual/slow -

over millions of years

c)

rapid

2.
The area where two tectonic plates meet.
a)
mantle
b)
focus
c)
plate boundary
d)
convection
3.

Convections currents occur because...

a)

heated mantle sinks and cools as it drops

b)

the mantle circles due to the Earth's rotation

c)

heated mantle rises and then cools as it nears the crust

d)

the crust slips on the mantle

4.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)

pull apart

b)

push together - continental and continental

c)

push together - continental and oceanic

d)

slide past

5.

Tectonic plates move how far each year?

a)

1-2 inches

b)

1-2 feet

c)

1-2 miles

6.
What type of boundary is the SAN ANDREAS FAULT on?
a)

push together - continental and ocenaic

b)

pull apart

c)

push together - continental and continenal

d)

slide past

7.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent? 
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangaea
8.

Slide past boundaries are most likely to produce what geological event?

a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
9.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this type of boundary
a)

Pull Apart

b)

Push Together - continental and continental

c)

Slide Past

d)

Push Together - continental and oceanic

10.

Which of these landforms/events are gradual and THEN catastrophic?

a)

mountains

b)

landslide

c)

tsunami

d)

rift valley

11.
This layer of Earth is the thickest and contains convection currents
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
12.

When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will go down and under the other plate?

a)

oceanic

b)

continental

c)

neither

d)

both

13.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
14.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
a)

at plate boundaries

b)
in oceans
c)
in the middle of continents
d)
in the middle of plates
15.

Which landforms/events happen quickly?

a)

landslide

b)

volcanic eruptions

c)

forming mountains

d)

earthquakes

16.

Oceanic and continental crusts meeting at a push together boundary can create...

a)

trenches 

b)
volcanoes
c)

island arcs

d)
all of the above
17.

Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form?

a)

Pull Apart

b)

Push Together - continental and continental

c)

Slide Past

d)

Push Together - continental and oceanic

18.

What makes the tectonic plates move?

a)

wind and weather

b)

convection currents 

c)

Earth's magnetic fields

d)

ocean waves

19.

Which of the following is NOT evidence of continental drift?

a)

Fossil records of plants and animals

b)

how many continents fit together like puzzle pieces

c)

global warming

d)

rock and mineral records are the same for two mountian ranges

20.

Which of these landforms are created slowly over millions of years?

a)

mountains

b)

rift valley

c)

Mid- Atlantic Ridge

d)

all of the above