Plate Tectonics Quiz

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

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Matching ________ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.

• weather systems
• river systems
• rock structures
• wind systems

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What is a tectonic plate?

• A piece of the Earth's crust
• A piece of Earth's mantle
• A piece of Earth's core
• A piece of Earth's Moon

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Name the boundary

• convergent
• transform
• divergent
• subduction

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The outer layer of the Earth is called the __________.

• core
• crust
• mantle
• plates

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Island Arc
• Flat land

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Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that

• the oceanic crust is melting.

• the denser ceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust

• volcanic islands are forming.

• the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.

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What type of boundary is shown at A?

• transform
• convergent
• divergent
• subduction

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