Changes in 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

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

What is associated with transform boundaries?

• mountains
• volcanoes
• earthquakes
• islands

A boundary where two plates pull apart?

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• insurgent boundary

A boundary where two plates slide past each other?

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• transformers boundary

A boundary where two plates collide into each other?

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• allegiant boundary

A break or crack in the Earth's crust is called a...

• plate
• fault
• fold
• crack