Plate Motion Unit Test

Front

What is the term when one plate sinks beneath another plate?

Back

Subduction

Front

At this plate boundary, the plates separate, and a new layer of rock is created at the boundaries called a mid-ocean ridge. What kind of boundary is this?

Back

Divergent Plate Boundary

Front

What is the outermost layer of the Earth that is not atmosphere?

Back

Crust

Front

Which layer of the Earth is described as a hot, semi-liquid layer beneath the crust?

Back

Mantle

Front

Earthquakes and volcanoes are more likely to form at which plate boundary?

Back

Convergent Plate Boundary

Front

What is the process called when two tectonic plates slide past each other?

Back

Transform Boundary

Front

What is the name of the theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates?

Back

Plate Tectonics

Front

What geological feature is formed at a convergent plate boundary?

Back

Mountain ranges or deep ocean trenches

Front

What is the term for the boundary where two plates collide?

Back

Convergent Plate Boundary

Front

What is created when two tectonic plates move apart?

Back

Mid-ocean ridge or rift valley