Chapter 7 Test Review
Plate Tectonics
Inside the Earth
Restless
Continents
The Theory of
Plate Tectonics
Deforming the
Earth’s Crust
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
6
The strong, lower part of the
mantle that lies beneath the
asthenosphere is called
•
•
•
•
A. outer core
B. lithosphere
C. inner core
D. mesosphere
The word mesosphere means
•
•
•
•
A. inner sphere
B. rock sphere
C. middle sphere
D. weak sphere
3. How many major tectonic
plates are there?
•
•
•
•
A. fourteen
B. ten
C. seven
D. five
4. The thickest part of a
tectonic plate lies below
•
•
•
•
A. the center of a continent
B. a mountain range
C. a coastal plain
D. the middle of the ocean
5. The speed of seismic waves
depends on the ____ of the
layer through which they travel
•
•
•
•
A. position
B. thickness
C. density
D. shape
6. The part of the Earth that
is a liquid is the
•
•
•
•
A. mantle
B. crust
C. outer core
D. inner core
7. Which of the major tectonic
plates is the smallest?
•
•
•
•
A. Antarctic plate
B. Pacific plate
C. Cocos plate
D. Australian plate
8.The outer most, rigid layer
of the Earth is called the
•
•
•
•
A. outer core
B. asthenosphere
C. lithosphere
D. mesosphere
9. Continental crust has an
average thickness of
•
•
•
•
A. 5 to 8 km
B. 30km
C. 5 to 100 km
D. None of the above
10. The solid, dense center of
our planet is called the
•
•
•
•
A. mesosphere
B. outer core
C. inner core
D. asthenosphere
11. In which layer of the Earth
are convection currents believed
to occur?
•
•
•
•
A. the lithosphere
B. mesosphere
C. the asthenosphere
D. outer core
12. The part of the Earth on
which the tectonic plates are
able to move is the
•
•
•
•
A. mesosphere
B. lithosphere
C. asthenosphere
D. subduction zone
13.
14.
15.
13. Sea-floor spreading occurs
at which type of plate
boundary?
•
•
•
•
A. a transform boundary
B. a convergent boundary
C. a divergent boundary
D. all of the above
14. Which of the following was
NOT used as evidence to
support the theory of
continental drift?
• A. the existence of convection currents
• B. the matching of glacial grooves on
different continents
• C. the similarity of fossils found on
continental coasts
• D. the close fit if continental coastlines
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
15. When two tectonic plates
move away from one another,
the boundary between them is
called a
•
•
•
•
A. convergent boundary
B. transform boundary
C. divergent boundary
D. subduction zone
16. Which of the following
appears to cause movement of
Earth’s tectonic plates?
•
•
•
•
A. faults in mountain ranges
B. energy from volcanic activity
C. magnetic-pole reversals
D. convection currents below the
lithosphere
17. Mid-ocean ridges are
associated with
•
•
•
•
A. normal boundaries
B. divergent boundaries
C. convergent boundaries
D. transform boundaries
18. _____ is the process by
which hot material from deep
within the Earth rises while
cooler material near the
surface sinks
•
•
•
•
A. ridge push
B. slab pull
C. convection
D. sea-floor spreading
19. When horizontal stress
acts on a rock, ____ form.
•
•
•
•
A. synclines
B. anticlines
C. monoclines
D. both (a) and (b)
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
20. In the diagram above,
which of the following has
formed at B ?
•
•
•
•
A. a fault-block mountain
B. a folded mountain
C. a volcanic mountain
D. none of the above
Diagram above
21. In the diagram above,
which type of boundary is
occurring at A ?
•
•
•
•
A. a convergent boundary
B. a strike-slip boundary
C. a transform boundary
D. a divergent boundary
Diagram above
20. In the diagram above,
which of the following has
formed at B ?
•
•
•
•
A. a fault-block mountain
B. a folded mountain
C. a volcanic mountain
D. none of the above
Diagram above
21. In the diagram above,
which type of boundary is
occurring at A ?
•
•
•
•
A. a convergent boundary
B. a strike-slip boundary
C. a transform boundary
D. a divergent boundary
Diagram above
22. What type of mountains led
early explorers to call the rim
of the Pacific Ocean the Ring
of Fire?
•
•
•
•
A. volcanic
B. fault-block
C. folded
D. normal
23. Continental mountain ranges
are usually associated with
•
•
•
•
A. transform boundaries
B. divergent boundaries
C. convergent boundaries
D. normal boundaries
24. The type of mountain
involving huge sections of the
Earth’s crust being pushed up
into anticlines and synclines
•
•
•
•
A. volcanic mountain
B. folded mountain
C. strike-slip mountain
D. fault-block mountain
25. Magma that reaches the
Earth’s surface may form ___
mountains.
•
•
•
•
A. subducted
B. fault-block
C. all
D. volcanic
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Back to Question 1
Back to Question 2
Wow!!
Wrong!!