Plate Boundaries Review - Late

Which plate boundary movement causes volcanoes?

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

A break in Earth's crust with movement along is a(n)

• subduction

• earthquake

• fault

Divergent boundaries _____________.

• push together

• pull apart

• sliide pass each other

When a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate, the oceanic plate slides under the continental plate. The process is called ____________.

• sea-floor spreading

• subduction

• continental drift

The _____________ is a zone that has many earthquakes and volcanoes. Nearly 75% of Earth's volcanoes occur at this location,

• Hot Spot

• Sea-Floor Spreading

• Subduction zone

• Ring of Fire

At a divergent boundary a crack called a rift forms between the plates. As melted rocked rises up through the rift and new crust is made. This process is called _________________.

• sea-floor spreading.

• continental drift.

• plate tectonics.

• subduction.

Ocean to continent plate boundary movements cause

• earthquakes

• mountains

• volcanic islands

Continent to continent plate boundary movements cause the formation of

• mountains.

• volcanic islands

• earthquakes

Earth's crust and the uppermost part of the mantle make up a layer called the lithosphere. The lithosphere is made of huge moving slabs of solid rock called

• marble slab plates

• plate boundaries

• continental plates

• tectonic plates

The theory that Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move is known as

• continental drift

• plate tectonics