Earth's Moving Surface Quiz

Where two plates move apart from each other.

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

Earth's lithosphere includes

• the crust and uppermost mantle

• the inner core and the outer core

• the lower mantle and inner core

Which statement is NOT true?

• Plate movements cause earthquakes and volcanoes.

• Tectonic plates move slowly relative to one another.

• Plates are made of Earth's crust and asthenosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

One tectonic plate slides under another plate during

• convection

• divergence

• subduction

Where two plates move toward each other

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

The asthenosphere is the

• bendable part of the mantle

• outer part of the core

• rigid part of the crust

What causes tectonic plates to move?

• convergence and divergence

• earthquakes and volcanoes

• subduction and convection

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where two plates slide past each other

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary