Plate Tectonic Assessment

A divergent boundary occurs when plates

• pull apart

• move together

• slide past each other

• Subduct

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics

• subduction

• pangaea

• glacier scaring

Which sublayer is made up of the crust and upper mantle?

• Inner Core
• Outer Core
• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere

Mountains form from ...

• plates sliding past one another
• collision of plates
• plates moving away from each other

Which feature is asssociated with transform boundaries.

• Volcanoes

• mountains

• trenches

• earthquakes

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine zone
• divergence zone
• subduction zone
• lower zone

The mantle of Earth is made partly of magma. When magma rises and sinks, this is called ______________. 

• a conduction current
• a hot spot
• a volcanic eruption
• a convection current

Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to prove continental drift?

• The shape of the continents

• Similar fossils found on separate continents

• Similar rocks and mountains on separate continents

• All of the above

Movement of Earth's crust along plate boundaries produces

• fronts

• hurricanes

• tides

• earthquakes

The San Andreas Fault is the result of

• volcanic activity

• a large glacier

• crustal plate movement

• weathering and erosion