KWHS 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 plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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

• Pangea
• Gondwanda
• Laurasia
• Neverland

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

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

This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel

• Outer Core
• Mantle
• Inner Core
• Crust

subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?

• islands
• volcanoes
• earthquakes
• all of the above

When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?

• oceanic
• continental
• neither