Earth Structure, Plate Tectonics and Soil creation

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Plate Boundary

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake
• Volcano Eruption
• Tornado
• Mountain Building

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart
• Come together
• Slide past each other
• subducting

Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.

• Pangea
• Gondwanda
• Laurasia
• Neverland

The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...

• Pangea
• Plate Tectonics
• Natural Selection
• Gravity

Islands can from from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary

• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

• Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
• New crust is underwater where it sinks
• New crust breaks more easily than old crust

Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide
• Two oceanic plates pull apart
• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
• Two continental plates pull apart

Which layer is made up of iron and nickel?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Inner Core
• Lithosphere