Plate Tectonics Review
Directions: Select the best answer for the question. Write the letter of the
answer in the answer blank provided.
_____ 1.) Earthquake waves are recorded by
a.) Satellites
b.) Balloons
c.) Anemometers
d.) Seismographs
_____2.) A crack or split in the earth’s crust where the plates have moved
is called a
a.) Plateau
b.) Lava
c.) Fault
d.) Focus
_____3.) Where is new crust formed on the earth?
a.) Along mid-ocean planes
b.) Along mid-continent ridges
c.) Along mid-ocean ridges
d.) Along rift valleys
_____4.) Most earthquakes occur at
a.) Plate boundaries
b.) The equator
c.) The northern region of the earth
d.) The southern region of the earth
____ 5.) What causes earthquakes to occur in California?
a.) the earth’s plates are sliding past each other
b.) the earth’s plates are pulling apart from each other
c.) one plate is pushing under another
d.) the earth’s plates are moving towards each other
_____6.) Magma that reaches the surface of the earth is called
a.) Slush
b.) Mantle
c.) Magma
d.) Lava
____ 7.) What heats up the mantle?
a.) The sun
b.) The Core
c.) The Lithosphere
d.) None of the above
_____8.) An earthquake can cause
a.) A tsunami
b.) An avalanche
c.) Flooding
d.) a, b, and c
_____9.) The ocean where the longest mountain range on earth can be
found is
a.) Atlantic
b.) Pacific
c.) Indian
d.) Arctic
_____ 10.) What does the “Theory of Pangea” state?
a.) That the earth has one large piece of crust.
b.) That the earth is divided up into many different plates.
c.) That the earth’s continents were once all joined together as one
large super continent.
d.) None of the above
_____ 11.) What evidence have they collected that supports the “Theory of
Pangea”?
a.) The fossils of dinosaurs were found on Africa and South America.
b.) The rock layers of continents belonged to the same mountain range
at one time.
c.) The continents look like pieces of a puzzle that fit together.
d.) All of the above
_____ 12.) Why do cooler materials sink?
a.) They are denser than the surrounding area.
b.) They are less dense than the surrounding area.
c.) They are the same density as the surrounding area.
d.) None of the above.
_____ 13.) What created the Hawaiian Islands?
a.) A plate pulling apart from another in the Pacific Ocean.
b.) A meteor hitting the earth splitting the plate open.
c.) A hot spot located in the plate that allows magma to come up.
d.) A subduction zone in the Pacific Ocean.
_____14.) Ocean crust is usually subducted because
a.) It is thicker
b.) It is thinner but denser
c.) It has more force
d.) It has less force
_____15.) The Himalayas are an example of
a.) Continental Crust colliding with Continental Crust
b.) Oceanic Crust pulling apart from Oceanic Crust
c.) Oceanic Crust colliding with Continental Crust
d.) Two plates sliding side by side
_____16.) The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of
a.) Continental Crust colliding with Continental Crust
b.) Oceanic Crust pulling apart from Oceanic Crust
c.) Oceanic Crust colliding with Continental Crust
d.) Two plates sliding side by side
_____17.) The Andes Mountains are an example of
a.) Continental Crust colliding with Continental Crust
b.) Oceanic Crust pulling apart from Oceanic Crust
c.) Oceanic Crust colliding with Continental Crust
d.) Two plates sliding side by side
_____18.)The San Andreas Fault is an example of
a.) Continental Crust colliding with Continental Crust
b.) Oceanic Crust pulling apart from Oceanic Crust
c.) Oceanic Crust colliding with Continental Crust
d.) Two plates sliding side by side
_____19.)What is the predicted landform or geologic event where the Nazca
Plate is being subducted under the South American Plate?
a.) Ridges
b.) Ocean Basin
c.) Rift Valley
d.) Volcanoes
_____20.) What is the predicted landform or geologic event where the
Pacific Plate is sliding past the North American Plate?
a.) Earthquakes
b.) Volcanoes
c.) Rift Valley
d.) Ridges
21. What kind of plate boundary runs across Iceland?
a. Convergent boundary
b. Divergent boundary
c. Nordic boundary
d. Transform boundary
22. The tectonic plates float on which semi-liquid layer?
a. Asthenosphere
b. Crust
c. Inner Core
d. Lithosphere
23. Which plate is the Ring of Fire located around?
a. Australian Plate
b. Indian Plate
c. Nazca Plate
d. Pacific Plate
24. Mid-ocean ridges are places where tectonic plates are doing what?
a. Colliding
b. Sliding past each other
c. Spreading apart
d. none of the above
25. Which statement is correct?
a. Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust
b. Continental crust is thinner than oceanic crust
c. Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust
d. Continental and oceanic crusts have the same thickness
26. Which scientist is credited with proposing the idea that 200 million
years ago the land on earth was one large land mass he called “Pangaea”?
a. Charles Darwin
b. Albert Einstein
c. Isaac Newton
d. Alfred Wegener
27. What is NOT likely to happen at a divergent boundary consisting of
oceanic crust and oceanic crust?
a. Mountain formation
b. Rift valley
c. Seafloor spreading
d. Volcano formation
28. Which of the following geologic events can occur at a transform
boundary?
a. Earthquake
b. Mountain formation
c. Volcanic eruption
d. Rift formation
29. The tectonic plates are also known as the?
a. Asthenosphere
b. Mantle
c. Inner Core
d. Lithosphere
30. Underwater _______________ occur where plates move apart.
a. Cities
b. Hurricanes
c. Trenches
d. Ridges
31. At which type of boundary below is a trench most likely to form?
An image of the relative motion at a tectonic plate boundary is
provided.
What event will occur at the boundary shown?
32.
33.
A
Mountain formation
B
An earthquake
C
Trench formation
D
Volcanic island formation
What event will most likely occur at a divergent plate boundary?
A
Tornado
B
One plate will subduct under the other
C
The plates will create an ocean basin
D
A fault line will form, and earthquakes will result
34.
35.
Where two tectonic plates converge and move toward each other,
which of the following is likely to result?
A
Rift valley
B
Mountain range
C
Arid desert
D
Tropical rainforest
The boundary between the Nazca Plate and the South American
Plate is a convergent/subduction boundary. What event(s) can most
likely to occur at this boundary?
A
Mountain formation (Himalayas)
B
Earthquakes
C
Hurricanes
D
Volcanic Mountains and Ocean trenches (Andes)
36.
37.
Which tectonic plate lies underneath the starred region?
A
African Plate
B
Antarctic Plate
C
Eurasian Plate
D
North American Plate
When two tectonic plates pull away from each other,
which of the following geologic features is most likely
to result?
A
Ridge
B
Plateau
C
Mountain
D
Beach
38.
Which continental tectonic plate lies underneath the
starred region?
A
North American Plate
B
South American Plate
C
African Plate
D
Eurasian Plate
39.
An image of tectonic plates is provided.
Which region of the map represents the North American
Plate?
A
W
B
X
C
Y
D
Z
40.
The interaction of tectonic plate boundaries is associated
with which of the following events?
A
Hurricanes
B
Tropical storms
C
Earthquakes
D
Tornados