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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Review 2023
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Mountains are created at what geologic speed...
gradual...then BOOM!
gradual/slow -
over millions of years
rapid
Convections currents occur because...
heated mantle sinks and cools as it drops
the mantle circles due to the Earth's rotation
heated mantle rises and then cools as it nears the crust
the crust slips on the mantle
pull apart
push together - continental and continental
push together - continental and oceanic
slide past
Tectonic plates move how far each year?
1-2 inches
1-2 feet
1-2 miles
push together - continental and ocenaic
pull apart
push together - continental and continenal
slide past
Slide past boundaries are most likely to produce what geological event?
Pull Apart
Push Together - continental and continental
Slide Past
Push Together - continental and oceanic
Which of these landforms/events are gradual and THEN catastrophic?
mountains
landslide
tsunami
rift valley
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will go down and under the other plate?
oceanic
continental
neither
both
at plate boundaries
Which landforms/events happen quickly?
landslide
volcanic eruptions
forming mountains
earthquakes
Oceanic and continental crusts meeting at a push together boundary can create...
trenches
island arcs
Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form?
Pull Apart
Push Together - continental and continental
Slide Past
Push Together - continental and oceanic
What makes the tectonic plates move?
wind and weather
convection currents
Earth's magnetic fields
ocean waves
Which of the following is NOT evidence of continental drift?
Fossil records of plants and animals
how many continents fit together like puzzle pieces
global warming
rock and mineral records are the same for two mountian ranges
Which of these landforms are created slowly over millions of years?
mountains
rift valley
Mid- Atlantic Ridge
all of the above
