Plate Tectonics Day 2

Plate Tectonics Day 2

Multiple Choice

The pieces of Earth's crust that compose the lithosphere

• Tectonic plates
• Core
• Asthenosphere
• Fault

Multiple Choice

_______________ Currents within the mantle cause the earth's plates to move and shift s molten material rises and falls due to density and gravity

• Convection
• Radiation
• Conduction
• Wind

Multiple Choice

The area where two tectonic plates move apart from one another is known as a

• Hot spot
• Convergent boundary
• Divergent boundary
• Transform boundary

Multiple Choice

The creation of new sea floor occurs at _____________________ plate boundaries.

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

• continental-continental

Multiple Choice

The area where two tectonic plates move towards one another creating a subduction zone

• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Divergent boundary
• Fault

Multiple Choice

A break in Earth's crust

• Mantle
• Ozone
• Fault
• Volcano

Multiple Choice

The area where two tectonic plates slide along one another is known as a

• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Divergent boundary
• Volcano