Tectonic Plates

What type of plate boundaries have the plates move away from each other?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform fault

What type of plate boundaries have the heavier plate sink under the lighter plate?

• Transform fault

• Divergent

• Convergent

What type of plate boundary has two plates moving horizontally past each other?

• Transform fault

• Convergent

• Divergent

What is the name of layer that the plates sit on (from the diagram)?

• Crust

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

What did I use in the experiment for magma and the plates?

• Hand cream and q-tips

• Ice cream and brownies

• Pink pudding and a shamrock cookie