Plate Tectonics Monday

How many major plates are there?

• 11

• 12

• 24

• 7

Which is thicker, Oceanic Crust or Continental Crust?

• Continental

• Oceanic

How do convergent plate boundaries move?

• Away from each other

• Slide past each other

• Towards each other

What kind of boundary is the San Andreas fault?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

Which boundary forms new oceanic crust?

• Convergent

• Transform

• Divergent

How come we don't feel the plates moving?

• They move too fast

• They stopped moving

• They move very slow

At a subduction zone, this plate subducts underneath the other.

• Oceanic

• Continental

Plates move away from each other at this type of boundary.

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

At which boundary do plates slide past each other?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform