Name____________________________________________Date____________________Class________
Continental Drift, Seafloor Spreading, and Plate Tectonics Test Review
Choose the correct term from the answer choices, the terms may be used more than once.
_________________________1. Upper mantle and crust that is broken into pieces called plates
_________________________2. Soft layer of earth that has convection currents and causes plates to
move
_________________________3. Individual who proposed the Continental Drift Theory
_________________________4. Large land mass or supercontinent 250 Million Years Ago
_________________________5. New ocean floor is created at the ________________ boundary
_________________________6. Boundary in which plates move apart
_________________________7. Boundary in which plates collide
_________________________8. Boundary that produces only earthquakes
_________________________9. Boundary that produces mountains, volcanoes, and trenches
_________________________10. Boundary that produces rift valleys and mid-ocean ridges
_________________________11. Boundary in which two plates scrape past each other
_________________________12. Two types of crust are _______________ and __________________
_________________________13. Boundary that creates sea-floor spreading
_________________________14. Volcanoes are produced at ____ boundaries.
_________________________15. Area in which one plate sinks underneath another
_________________________16. The _________ crust is denser (heavier) than the _____________
crust
_________________________17. The 4 main layers of the earth are _____, _____, ______,and ______
_________________________18. The _____ crust supports the ocean
_________________________19. The _____ crust supports the continents
_________________________20. The main driving force that moves the plates are the ________
currents that are located in the ______________.
_________________________21. The presence of the same _______ and ______ on several continents
supports the idea of continental drift.
_________________________22. The outer core is made up of a _____ layer. (liquid or solid)
_________________________23. The inner core is made up of a ______ layer. (liquid or solid)
_________________________24. If the continents were put together, they would fit like a ___________.
_________________________25. Rocks closer to the mid-ocean ridge are (younger, older) than rocks
farther from the mid-ocean ridge.
_________________________26. Subduction occurs only at _____________ boundaries
_________________________27. Which type of boundary created the San Andreas Fault?
_________________________28. Which type of boundary produced the Andes Mountains?
_________________________29. Which type of boundary produced the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
_________________________30. The Hawaiian Islands were formed at a _________
_________________________31. Area in which two plates interact
_________________________32. Person who discovered seafloor spreading
Answer Choices: The terms may be used more than once
Asthenosphere Hot spot Plate boundary
Continental Inner core Puzzle
Convection currents Liquid Rocks
Convergent Lithosphere Solid
Crust Mantle Subduction Zone
Divergent Oceanic Transform
Fossils Outer core Wegener
Hess Pangea Younger
Describe what happens at the plate boundaries listed below. List the features / events that occur.
Description of how the plates move Features/events
33. Convergent
with
subduction
34. Continental
- Continental
Convergent
35. Divergent
36. Transform
