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A quick tectonics quiz Question 1 Which of these is not a tectonic plate? a. Pacific b. Atlantic c. Indian d. Antarctic Question 2 What causes the tectonic plates to move? a. Water b. Air c. Convection currents d. Magnetic waves in the crust Question 3 Where is the ‘Ring of Fire’ located? a. Atlantic Ocean b. Indian Ocean c. Pacific Ocean d. Mediterranean Sea Question 4 What layer of the Earth do people live on? a. Mantle b. Outer Core c. Inner Core d. Crust Question 5 What is it called when the ground shakes or vibrates? a. Earthquake b. Seismograph c. Flood d. Tsunami Question 6 What is dense, made of basalt and formed on the sea bed? a. Inner core b. Continental crust c. Mantle d. Oceanic crust © www.teachitgeography.co.uk 2016 25482 Page 1 of 4 A quick tectonics quiz Question 7 What is very old and made of granite? a. Oceanic crust b. Magma c. Continental crust d. The Himalayas Question 8 What is the mantle formed from? a. Solid / semi-molten rock b. Iron c. Liquid d. Nickel Question 9 What was the supercontinent of the Earth called? a. Eurasia b. North America c. Pangaea d. Gondwanaland Question 10 What type of plate boundary is shown on this map? a. Constructive b. Destructive c. Conservative d. Convergent Question 11 What type of plate boundary is shown in this diagram? a. Constructive b. Destructive c. Conservative d. Convergent Question 12 The crust varies in thickness between a. 0 and 5 km b. 0 and 10 km c. 0 and 100 km d. 0 and 1,000 km © www.teachitgeography.co.uk 2016 25482 Page 2 of 4 A quick tectonics quiz Answers Question 1 Which of these is not a tectonic plate? b. Atlantic Question 2 What causes the tectonic plates to move? c. Convection currents Question 3 Where is the ‘Ring of Fire’ located? c. Pacific Ocean Question 4 What layer of the Earth do people live on? d. Crust Question 5 What is it called when the ground shakes or vibrates? a. Earthquake Question 6 What is dense, made of basalt and formed on the sea bed? d. Oceanic crust Question 7 What is very old and made of granite? b. Continental crust Question 8 What is the mantle formed from? a. Solid / semi-molten rock Question 9 What was the supercontinent of the Earth called? c. Pangaea © www.teachitgeography.co.uk 2016 25482 Page 3 of 4 A quick tectonics quiz Question 10 What type of plate boundary is shown on this map? a. Constructive Question 11 What type of plate boundary is shown in this diagram? b. Destructive Question 12 The crust varies in thickness between c. 0 and 100 km Image credits Q4. Public domain image of the world pixabay.com/en/world-earth-planet-globe-spaceview-549425/ Q10. Map used courtesy of the US Geological Survey pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html#anchor15039288 Q11. Plate boundary image used courtesy of the US Geological Survey geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/parks/pltec/vigilim.html © www.teachitgeography.co.uk 2016 25482 Page 4 of 4
