Understanding Plate Tectonics

Front

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

Back

Crust

Front

What are tectonic plates made of?

Back

Earth's lithosphere

Front

Which type of crust is denser and thinner?

Back

Oceanic crust

Front

What happens at a convergent boundary?

Back

Plates move towards each other.

Front

Which of the following is an example of oceanic-oceanic convergence?
Options:
Andes mountains,
San Andreas Fault,
Mariana trench,
Himalayan mountains

Back

Mariana trench

Front

What is created at a divergent boundary?

Back

New crust or lithosphere

Front

What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault?

Back

Transform boundary

Front

Which type of crust is associated with granite?

Back

Continental crust

Front

What occurs when two continental plates converge?

Back

A mountain range forms.

Front

What causes tectonic plates to move? Options: Earth's magnetic field, Gravitational pull from the moon, Wind and ocean currents

Back

Uneven heating of the asthenosphere by Earth's core