plate boundary landforms practice

What are the two types of lithosphere?

• continental and oceanic

• ocean and upper

• lower and upper

• asthenosphere and mesosphere

The plastic-like layer that is located directly under the lithosphere is known as the ____________.

• lithosphere
• asthenosphere
• atmosphere
• photosphere

The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.

• fault
• plate boundary
• plate edge
• ring of fire

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

What is the term for a heavier, denser plate sliding under a less dense plate?

• plate boundary
• submersion
• accretion
• subduction

Tall folded 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

Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

• At plate boundaries
• in oceans
• in the middle of continents
• in the middle of plates

What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
• Continents are stationary and do not move
• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
• none of the above