Plate Boundaries Practice

Front

What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates sliding past each other?

Back

Transform boundary

Front

Who proposed the theory of continental drift, suggesting that continents were once connected?

Back

Alfred Wegener

Front

What is the outermost layer of the Earth where tectonic plates are found?

Back

Crust

Front

What term describes the force that can cause rocks to deform or break?

Back

Stress

Front

What do we call the fractures in the Earth's crust where movement has occurred?

Back

Faults

Front

What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other?

Back

Divergent boundary

Front

What is the term for the process where one tectonic plate is forced under another?

Back

Subduction

Front

What type of boundary is formed when two plates collide?

Back

Convergent boundary

Front

What is the layer of the Earth located beneath the crust?

Back

Mantle

Front

What is the name of the geological feature formed at a divergent boundary?

Back

Mid-ocean ridge