Plate Tectonics Test 1 Practice

What is the name of layer Y?

• lithosphere

• mantle

• crust

• mesosphere

What is the name of layer Z?

• lithosphere

• mantle

• crust

• mesosphere

What is the name of layer W?

• asthenosphere

• mantle

• crust

• core

What is the name of layer R?

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• crust

• core

What is the name of layer Q?

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• mesosphere

• outer core

What is the name of layer P?

• asthenosphere

• inner core

• mesosphere

• outer core

What is the name of layer M?

• asthenosphere

• inner core

• mesosphere

• outer core

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as _______

• convection.

• continental drift.

• subduction.

• conduction.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a _______

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary.

• convergent boundary.

• rift valley.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The place where two plates come together is known as a _______

• transform boundary.

• divergent boundary.

• convergent boundary.

• rift valley.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1