Review Game Zone
Flash Cards
(current)
Games
Teachers
Search
Tectonic Plates
Test Description: Theory of Tectonic Plates
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?
A
Harry Hess
B
Pangea
C
Mr. Whitesell
D
Alfred Wegener
2) Scientists who study the forces that make and shape the planet Earth are called
A
Geologist
B
Astronomers
C
Biologist
D
Vetenarians
3) If one were to travel to the center of the Earth, pressure and temperature would both
A
Increase
B
Be silly
C
Decrease
D
Stay the same
4) Which layer of the Earth is immediately below the atmosphere?
A
Crust
B
Mantle
C
Core
D
Ocean
5) The Earth’s inner core is
A
Candy
B
Gas
C
Solid
D
Liquid
6) Where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
A
Transform
B
Fault
C
Convergent
D
Divergent
7) Where two plates spread apart
A
Divergent
B
Transform
C
Convergent
D
Fault
8) Where two plates come together
A
Fault
B
Transform
C
Convergent
D
DIvergent
9) Convection currents occur in what layer?
A
Atmosphere
B
Crust
C
Mantle
D
Core
10) Tectonic plates are located in what layer?
A
Outer Core
B
Lithosphere
C
Asthenosphere
D
Mantle
11) Breaks in Earth's crust are known as
A
Plates
B
Faults
C
Valleys
D
Trenches
12) The transfer of heat by the movement of a heated fluid is known as
A
Radiation
B
Conduction
C
Convection
D
Energy
13) Earth's Lithosphere is broken into separate sections called
A
Trenches
B
Faults
C
Plates
D
Boundaries
14) A deer getting a drink of water from a pond would show an interaction of which two ………… spheres?
A
The cryosphere and atmosphere
B
The geosphere and biosphere
C
The biosphere and hydrosphere
D
The atmosphere and hydrosphere
15) The Earth's main source of energy is the
A
Atmosphere
B
Sun
C
Biosphere
D
Sugar
16) A kitten weighs 300 g and measures 20 cm long. This statement would be an example ……….. of a _______________observation
A
Qualitative
B
Quantitative
C
Subjective
17) The apple appears red to us because it reflects red and absorbs all the other colors.
A
False
B
True
18) Oceanic crust bends downward sinks back into the mantle is known as
A
Subduction
B
Divergent
C
Fault
D
Convection
19) Bounces sound waves off underwater objects then records the echoes
A
Electromagnetic
B
Ping-Pong
C
Sonar
D
Infrared
20) Pangea is the super continent that broke apart nearly 225 million years ago
A
True
B
False
*select an answer for all questions
Check Results & Get Answers
Play Games with the Questions Above
Teachers: Create FREE classroom games with your questions
Click for more info!
©2007-2024
ReviewGameZone.com
|
About
|
Privacy
|
Contact
|
Terms
|
Site Map
WAIT! Find what you needed?
×
Still Looking for the Answers?
Have Another Question?
Play a Review Game with These Questions?
Want to Make Your Own Test Like This One?