Plate Tectonics Lesson

Multiple Choice

Name the boundary

• convergent
• transform
• divergent
• subduction

Multiple Choice

This is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates.

• Mantle convection currents
• Oceanic convection currents
• Atmospheric convection currents
• Solar convection currents

Multiple Choice

What type of boundary is shown at A?

• transform
• convergent
• divergent
• subduction

Multiple Choice

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

Multiple Choice

A map is provided that presents information on a certain region of the Earth. Based on the information on the map, at which location are mountains most likely to form?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

In sea-floor spreading, new crust is added at a

• mid-ocean ridge

• magnetic stripe

Multiple Choice

Where would the oldest rock be found?

• L
• M
• N
• O

Labeling

A long chain of undersea mountains

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

oceanic plates

sea floor spreading

mid ocean ridge

Multiple Choice

Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?

• Rift Valley

• Mountain

• A peninsula

• An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct.

Match

Match the following

• A process that involves a lithosphere plate sinking into the mantle.

• A lithosphere plate boundary where 2 plates move apart

• A lithosphere plate boundary where 2 plates come together

• A lithosphere plate boundary where 2 plates slide by each other

Subduction

Divergent Boundary

Convergent Boundary

Transform Boundary

• Subduction

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

Hotspot

Which area shows a rift valley forming?

Hotspot

Which area shows an ocean trench forming?

Hotspot

Which two areas show divergent plate boundaries?

Multiple Select

What landform would most likely form at this plate boundary? Choose 2 correct answers.

• mountains

• volcanoes

• trenches

• mid-ocean ridges

Multiple Choice

What type of boundary is the diagram showing and what is likely to occur?

• convergent boundary forming earthquakes
• convergent boundary forming volcanoes
• transform boundary forming volcanoes
• transform boundary forming earthquakes

Multiple Choice

The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.

• seafloor spreading

• subduction

• continental drift

• recycling