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