Unit 2: Earth Layers & Plate Tectonics

What is the name of plate B?

• Eurasian

• North American

• South American

• Indo-Australian

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture? 

• convergent
• divergent
• transform

What type of boundary does the picture show and what does it form? 

• divergent; mountains
• divergent; mid ocean ridge
• convergent; mid ocean ridge
• transform; earthquake

The thickest layer

• crust
• inner core
• mantle
• outer core

This layer is completely liquid

• crust
• inner core
• mantle
• outer core

This layer is completely solid due to the intense pressure it is under

• crust
• inner core
• mantle
• outer core

The name for the actual lithospheric plates

• Tectonic Plates
• Plate Tectonics
• Pangaea
• Continental Drift

The theory stating the continents were once joined in a large mass that broke apart.

• Continental Drift
• Seafloor Spreading
• Plate Tectonics
• Pangaea

The process for new oceanic lithosphere forming at mid ocean ridges

• Continental Drift
• Seafloor Spreading
• Plate Tectonics
• Pangaea

The tectonic plates float on the 

• lithosphere
• lower mantle
• outer core
• asthenosphere