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Plate Tectonics Review
Test Description: 8th Grade Plate Tectonics
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following is NOT a layer of the Earth?
A
Mantle
B
Crust
C
Core
D
Shell
2) What are the two parts of the upper mantle?
A
Upper and Deep Mantle
B
Inner and Outer Mantle
C
Lithosphere and Asthenosphere
D
Continental and Oceanic
3) What two materials make up the Earth's core?
A
Gold and Silver
B
Iron and Gold
C
Iron and Nickel
D
Steel and Copper
4) The lithosphere is broken into large pieces called...
A
Continents
B
Faults
C
Plates
D
Oceans
5) Which of the following does a plate NOT carry?
A
Land
B
Other plates
C
Both land and ocean
D
Ocean
6) What force in the asthenosphere causes the plates to move?
A
Convection Currents
B
Friction
C
Gravity
D
Waves
7) Which of the following is NOT a way plates move?
A
Up and down next to each other
B
Away from each other
C
Grind past each other
D
Towards each other
8) What type of movement occurs at a TRANSFORM boundary?
A
Move up and down next to each other
B
Move away from each other
C
Move towards each other
D
Slide or grind past each other
9) What type of boundary has crust that is neither created nor destroyed?
A
Ridge
B
Divergent
C
Transform
D
Convergent
10) What natural event frequently occurs at transform boundaries?
A
Tornadoes
B
Earthquakes
C
Volcanoes
D
Hurricanes
11) What is the name of the major fault located in California?
A
San Bernadino Fault
B
San Francisco Fault
C
San Andreas Fault
D
Los Angeles Fault
12) What type of boundary has the plates moving AWAY from each other
A
Convergent
B
Divergent
C
Transform
13) What is the name of a divergent boundary when it occurs on land?
A
Mountain
B
Rift Valley
C
Mid-Ocean Ridge
D
Fault
14) What happens to land at a divergent boundary?
A
Land is neither created nor destroyed
B
Land is destroyed
C
Land is created
15) Which of the following is NOT a type of convergent boundary?
A
CP-CP
B
CP-OP
C
EP-EP
D
OP-OP
16) What type of movement occurs at a CONVERGENT boundary?
A
Slide past each other
B
Moves towards each other
C
Moves away from each other
17) When two plates collide...what determines which plate comes out on top?
A
Temperature
B
Size
C
Type of Rock
D
Density
18) When land is pushed down into the Earth and is melted back into magma (land destroyed), we call it...
A
Subduction
B
Island Chain
C
Volcano
D
Earthquake
19) When to continental plates collide...they form?
A
Mountains
B
Oceans
C
Caves
D
Faults
20) About how far do plates move each year?
A
1 to 10 miles
B
1 to 10 centimeters
C
100 miles
D
1 to 100 inches
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