2.1 Properties of the Lithosphere

This land form can occur at a divergent plate boundary.

• trench
• mid-ocean ridge
• folded mountains
• fault

What is Pangaea?

• the name of a German scientist
• the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago
• another name for continental drift
• the name of an ancient fossil

A place where two plates slide past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a

• transform boundary
• divergent boundary
• convergent boundary
• rift valley

A rift valley forms at a 

• convergent plate boundary
• divergent plate boundary
• transform boundary
• deep ocean trench

The Himalayas are formed because of what kind of plate movement? 

• a continental plate being subducted under another
• two plates moving apart
• two continental plates colliding
• two plates sliding past one another

What happens when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?

• the denser oceanic plate slides on top of the less dense continental plate
• the less dense oceanic plate slides under the denser continental plate
• the denser oceanic plate slides under the less dense continental plate
• the less dense oceanic plate slides past the denser continental plate

The San Andreas fault is an example of which type of fault?

• divergent
• continental-continental convergent
• transform fault
• oceanic-continental convergent

rock that has been changed by heat and pressure, or squeezing

• sedimentary
• metamorphic
• igneous
• fuels

Which type of metamorphic rock has minerals in bands or stripes?

• Nonfoliated
• Coarse grained
• Fine grained
• Foliated

Lava which cools on Earth's surface forms an

• metamorphic rock
• intrusive igneous rock
• extrusive igneous rock
• foliated metamorphic rock