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Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 55mins

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Class
Date
1.
What process creates new crust from magma?
a)
sea-floor spreading
b)
subduction
c)
weathering
d)
erosion
2.

What evidence did Alfred Wegener use to support his theory of continential drift?

a)

Fossil discoveries

b)

The Himalayan Mountains

c)

Ancient maps of the world

d)

Charts of seismic activity

3.

What is true of tectonics plates?

a)

They are constantly moving

b)

Earthquakes cause them to move

c)

They don't move for centuries at a time

d)

There are fewer & fewer of them

4.

What is the underlying force that drives plate tectonics?

a)

Ocean tides

b)

Volcanic eruptions

c)

The rock cycle

d)

Convention currents

5.

What makes the plates move?

a)

Conduction in the mantle

b)

Convection in the mantle

6.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
7.
How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?
a)
Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.
b)
Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.
c)
Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
d)
all of the above
8.

Why did other scientists did no believe in Wegener’s theory?

a)

He could not explain how the continents moved

b)

He didn’t have evidence

c)

His data was wrong

d)

He didn’t use the right technology to gather data

9.
The circular arrows inside the Earth's Mantle represent what type of motion, that drives ALL plate movement?  
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Ocean Currents
c)
Convection Currents
d)
Transform Boundary
10.
What is represented by the picture? 
a)
Sea-floor spreading
b)
Pangea
c)
How the continents are arranged today
d)
Volcanoes
11.

What did Alfred Wegener call the single supercontinent that he suggested existed about 200 million years ago?

a)

Eurasia

b)

Pangaea

c)

Atlantis

d)

Gondwana

12.

What piece of evidence for Continental Drift states that the same plant and animal fossils are found on continents separated by oceans.

a)

Continent Shape

b)

Fossil/Climate Evidence

c)

Landform/Rock Evidence

d)

Glacial Evidence

13.

What piece of evidence for Continental Drift states that similar types and ages of rocks are found on different continents?

a)

Continent Shape

b)

Fossil/Climate Evidence

c)

Landform/Rock Evidence

d)

Glacial Evidence

14.

What cold environment feature was evidence to support the theory that the continents used to be joined?

a)

Same rocks were found on different continents

b)

Glacial grooves were found on different continents

c)

Fossilized evidence of the same organism found on different continents

d)

Africa and South America look like puzzle pieces that fit together

15.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
16.

According to the continental drift hypothesis, the presence of similar fossils in South America and Africa supports which scientific idea?

a)

Animals easily and frequently travel from Africa to South America.

b)

Species of animals probably traveled between continents on natural rafts (such as trees destroyed in tsunamis).

c)

Land bridges once existed that connected the continents.

d)

South America and Africa were once connected together.

17.
Mesosaurus fossils have been found on what two continents?
a)
India and Africa
b)
Africa and South America
c)
Antartica and Australia
d)
India and Antarctica
18.

What scientists have contributed to the theory of plate tectonics?

a)

Alfred Wegener and Harry Hess

b)

Alfred Wegener only

c)

Harry Hess only

d)

scientists

19.

What is the force that moves the continents?

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

d)

Conveyor belts

20.

Who proposed the theory of seafloor spreading?

a)

Alfred Wegener

b)

Harry Hess

c)

Marie Tharp

d)

Charles Darwin

21.

What is the significance of Harry Hess's discovery of mid-ocean ridges?

a)

They are the deepest parts of the ocean

b)

They are sites of new crust formation

c)

They are the oldest parts of the ocean

d)

They are unrelated to tectonic activity

22.
According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 
a)
At the top of the rock layers
b)
Near the bottom of the rock layers
c)
In the middle of the rock layers
d)
Somewhat near the surface
23.
Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?
a)
F
b)
E
c)
B
d)
A
24.

Which of the following offers a possible list of the layers in order from oldest to youngest?

a)

A, B, C, D, E

b)

E, C, B, D, A

c)

E, D, C, B, A

d)

C, B, A, D, E

25.

Which rock layer was deposited first, and is the oldest rock, in this diagram?

a)

B

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

26.

Look at the diagram, what layer did animal E first show up in?

a)

Layer #4

b)

Layer #5

c)

Layer #6

d)

Layer #8

27.

Which of the following is NOT evidence supporting the theory of continental drift?

a)

Matching rock formations across continents

b)

Similar fossils found on different continents

c)

Glacial grooves found in regions now warm

d)

Identical climate patterns on all continents

28.

What process is responsible for recycling old oceanic crust back into the mantle?

a)

Erosion

b)

Sea-floor spreading

c)

Subduction

d)

Weathering

29.

Subduction is the process where:

a)

new oceanic crust is formed

b)

oceanic crust thickens due to solidification of magma

c)

one plate is pushed down into the mantle beneath another plate

d)

two plates push together forming a mountain

30.

Which point on the diagram represents where new crust is formed?

a)

point A

b)

point B

c)

point C

d)

point D

31.

Which areas of rocks would be the oldest?

a)

1 and 2

b)

2 and 3

c)

3 and 4

d)

1 and 4

32.

Which areas of rocks would be the youngest?

a)

1 and 2

b)

2 and 3

c)

3 and 4

d)

1 and 4

33.

What is the process of one plate sliding under another?

a)

Convection

b)

Subduction

c)

Convergent

d)

Conduction

34.

Convergent plate boundaries occur when crustal plates...

a)

Come together

b)

Move apart

c)

Slide side by side

35.

This type of plate boundary has the worlds most dangerous volcanoes either on land or in the water. These volcanoes are fed from the melting subducting plate. What type of plate boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

36.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between a continental and oceanic plate?
a)
Mountains
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
d)
Rift
37.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
38.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
39.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
40.
Plates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
detergent
41.

What is this image of?

a)

Divergent Plate Boundary

b)

Transform Plate Boundary (San Andreas Fault)

c)

Convergent Plate Boundary

42.

What type of Boundary is this? What event will occur at this boundary?

a)

Transform / Earthquakes

b)

Subduction / Volcano Eruption

c)

Tornado / Rain

d)

Mountain Building / Volcanism

43.

What type of Boundary is this? What event will occur at this boundary?

a)

Transform / Earthquakes

b)

Subduction / Volcano Eruption

c)

Tornado / Rain

d)

Mountain Building / Volcanism

44.

Tectonic Plate movement is caused by ______________.

a)

the rotation of the Earth

b)

ocean tides

c)

convection currents in the mantle

d)

the moon's gravity

45.

Transform Boundaries

a)

Create new crust

b)

Destroy crust

c)

Neither create or destroy

46.
What is a divergent plate boundary?
a)
A boundary between two plates that are moving apart
b)
A boundary between two plates that are crashing together
c)
A boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
d)
A boundary between two plates that are not moving
47.

When a divergent boundary happens under continental crust, it's called a:

a)

Rift Valley

b)

Block Mountain

c)

Folded Mountain

d)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

48.

When a divergent boundary occurs underneath the ocean, it's called a:

a)

Rift Valley

b)

Ocean Ridge

c)

Subduction Zone

d)

Fault Block Mountain

49.
Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mountain
c)
A peninsula
d)
An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct. 
50.
Which scientist posed the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Drummond Matthews
c)
Fred Vine
d)
Alfred Wegener
51.

Which letter corresponds with the newest rock?

a)

L

b)

M

c)

N

d)

O

52.
At which type of plate boundary does seafloor spreading occur?
a)
Tranform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Subductive Zone
53.

Which type of plate boundary is most likely to produce earthquakes?

a)

Subductive boundary

b)

Convergent boundary

c)

Divergent boundary

d)

Transform boundary

54.

What is the name of the process where two continental plates collide and form mountains?

a)

Subduction

b)

Transform faulting

c)

Sea-floor spreading

d)

Convergent collision

55.

Which scientist first proposed the idea of continental drift?

a)

Marie Tharp

b)

Alfred Wegener

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Harry Hess