Tectonic Plate Vocabulary

Tectonic Plate Vocabulary

C h 14

Multiple Choice

Ancient supercontinent, composed of land that forms today’s continents

• continental drift

• fossil

• mantle

• Pangaea

• magnetic reversal

Multiple Choice

Middle layer of the Earth situated between the crust above and the core below

• continental drift

• fossil

• mantle

• Pangaea

• magnetic reversal

Multiple Choice

Conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern

• mid-ocean ridge

• normal

• normal polarity

• reversed polarity

• seafloor spreading

Multiple Choice

Force created by sinking of a plate, or slab, that pulls on the rest of the plate

• plate tectonics

• ridge push

• slab pull

• subduction

• transform plate boundary

Multiple Choice

Today’s magnetic field; magnets orient themselves to point north

• mid-ocean ridge

• normal

• normal polarity

• reversed polarity

• seafloor spreading

Multiple Choice

Magnetic field in which magnets orient themselves to point south

• mid-ocean ridge

• normal

• normal polarity

• reversed polarity

• seafloor spreading

Multiple Choice

Hypothesis that continents are in constant motion

• continental drift

• fossil

• mantle

• Pangaea

• magnetic reversal

Multiple Choice

Naturally preserved remains, imprints, or traces of organisms

• continental drift

• fossil

• mantle

• Pangaea

• magnetic reversal

Multiple Choice

Where two plates collide

• convection

• convergent plate boundary

• divergent plate boundary

• lithosphere

• plastic

Multiple Choice

Event in which the magnetic field reverses direction

• continental drift

• fossil

• mantle

• Pangaea

• magnetic reversal

Multiple Choice

New oceanic crust forms at a mid-ocean ridge as old oceanic crust moves away

• mid-ocean ridge

• normal

• normal polarity

• reversed polarity

• seafloor spreading

Multiple Choice

Mountain range located on the seafloor in the middle of the ocean

• mid-ocean ridge

• normal

• normal polarity

• reversed polarity

• seafloor spreading

Multiple Choice

Where two plates slide by each other

• plate tectonics

• ridge push

• slab pull

• subduction

• transform plate boundary

Multiple Choice

Sinking of a denser plate below a more buoyant plate at a convergent plate boundary

• plate tectonics

• ridge push

• slab pull

• subduction

• transform plate boundary

Multiple Choice

Circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density

• convection

• convergent plate boundary

• divergent plate boundary

• lithosphere

• plastic

Multiple Choice

Where two plates separate

• convection

• convergent plate boundary

• divergent plate boundary

• lithosphere

• plastic

Multiple Choice

Cold, rigid outermost rock layer of Earth

• convection

• convergent plate boundary

• divergent plate boundary

• lithosphere

• plastic

Multiple Choice

Force created by rising mantle of ocean ridges that creates potential for plates to move away from the ridge

• plate tectonics

• ridge push

• slab pull

• subduction

• transform plate boundary

Multiple Choice

Capable of being molded or changing shape

• convection

• convergent plate boundary

• divergent plate boundary

• lithosphere

• plastic

Multiple Choice

Theory that Earth’s surface is made of rock plates that move with respect to each other

• plate tectonics

• ridge push

• slab pull

• subduction

• transform plate boundary

Poll

Do you feel more confident about your knowledge after completing this activity?

• Yes

• No

Poll

Who is going to get a great grade on the Quiz?

• Me

• I am