Plate Tectonics

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

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

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Reform

• Transform

Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?

• Rift Valley

• Mountain

• A peninsula

• An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct.

The tectonic plates float on the

• lithosphere

• lower mantle

• outer core

• asthenosphere

What occurs when two plates come together and the denser one is forced under back into the mantle?

• reduction

• conduction

• subduction

• convection