Plate Boundaries

Front

What type of boundary is this?
Options: convergent, divergent, transform

Back

divergent

Front

What type of boundary is this? Options: convergent, divergent, transform

Back

convergent

Front

Two plates scrape and slide past each other at

Back

transform boundaries

Front

___________, meaning "all land," is the name of the great landmass that existed millions of years ago.

Back

Pangaea

Front

A __________ plate is a large slab of crust and upper mantle that moves over the earth's surface.

Back

tectonic

Front

Who is the scientist credited with the theory of continental drift (which led to the theory of plate tectonics)?

Back

Wegener

Front

The outermost, rigid layer of the earth, consisting of the earth's crust and upper part of the mantle is known as the ________________.

Back

lithosphere

Front

The diagram shows a landform on Earth. How did the movement of Earth’s plates form the landform? Options: Two oceanic plates slid past each other, Two continental plates collided, One continental plate slid past an oceanic plate, One continental plate subducted beneath an oceanic plate.

Back

Two continental plates collided.

Front

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary? Options: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Mountains, Rift Valleys

Back

Earthquakes

Front

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

Back

Mid-Ocean Ridge