Earth's Moving Surface

The theory that states that Earth's surface is broken into large, rigid plates that move with respect to one another. 

• plate tectonics
• earthquake
• flat Earth
• lithosphere

What makes up the crust and upper part of the mantle? (that is broken into large pieces called tectonic plates.) 

• lithosphere
• asthenosphere
• plate tectonics
• lava

What is molten rock that is stored beneath the Earth's surface called? 

• magma
• lava
• fault
• volcano

What is the partially melted portion of the mantle below the lithosphere called? (Hint: This is hotter than the lithosphere and therefore can bend more easily.) 

• asthenosphere
• lithosphere
• fault
• volcano

What are vibrations caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks along which movement occurs called? These occur EVERY DAY on Earth! 

• earthquake
• volcano
• fault
• plate tectonics

Vents in the Earth's crust through which molten rock flows are called __________. 

• volcanoes
• earthquakes
• faults
• magma

Magma that erupts onto Earth's surface is called __________. 

• lava
• volcano
• fault
• plate tectonics

A crack or fracture in Earth's crust along which movement occurs is called a(n) _________. 

• fault
• earthquake
• volcano
• lava

What type of plate boundary moves away from each other?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform

What type of plate boundary crashes into each other?

• convergent
• divergent
• transform