Plate Tectonics

Front

Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form?

Back

Convergent

Front

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary.

Back

Divergent

Front

Which layer of Earth is the thickest? Options: crust, outer core, mantle, inner core

Back

mantle

Front

What are the two types of crust?

Back

continental and oceanic

Front

Which layer has convection currents?

Back

Mantle

Front

Subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?

Back

Islands, volcanoes, earthquakes

Front

Where are earthquakes and volcanoes most likely found?

Back

At plate boundaries

Front

When one plate slides underneath another, the _________ sinks and the __________ floats.

Back

Basalt, Granite

Front

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

Back

continent-to-continent convergent

Front

Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?

Back

earthquakes