Plate Boundaries Quiz

The center layer of the Earth

• mantle
• core
• crust
• home

What type of boundary pushes together forming folded mountains?

• transform boundary
• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• caldera

The group of volcanoes located around the Pacific Ocean are known as

• Aleutian Islands
• Hawaiian Islands
• Ring the Fire
• LaLa Land

Earth's layer between the crust and the core

• core
• mantle
• mass
• Missouri

The model that states that Earth's surface is composed of large rock plates that fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces

• photosynthesis
• respiration
• plate tectonics
• volcano

Which of Earth's layers is found at the center, is the hottest layer, and is made of solid metal?

• crust
• mantle
• inner core
• outer core

What is the thickest, middle layer of the Earth called?

• crust
• mantle
• outer core
• inner core

What is the thinnest, outermost layer of Earth called?

• crust
• mantle
• outer core
• inner core

Earth's crust is broken up into several large rocky pieces called ...

• plates
• faults
• fossils
• puzzle pieces

Who came up with the theory of Continental Drift?

• Albert Einstein
• Issac Newton
• Alfred Wegener
• Mrs. Collar