Review for Plate Tectonics Quiz

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

Tectonic Plate movement is caused by ______________.

• the rotation of the Earth

• ocean tides

• convection currents in the mantle

• the moon's gravity

Which correctly identifies the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains (The World's Tallest Mountains, including Mt. Everest)?

• Two continental plates converging

• An earthquake in a subduction zone

• A tectonic plate moving over a hot plate

• Movement at a transform fault boundary

Volcanoes and Earthquakes typically occur _______________.

• along plate boundaries

• only under water

• only in hawaii

• where it is usually hot

What type of boundary is this?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

What type of Boundary is this? What event will occur at this boundary?

• Transform / Earthquakes

• Subduction / Volcano Eruption

• Tornado / Rain

• Mountain Building / Volcanism

A sudden shaking of Earth's surface?

• Tsunami

• Volcano

• Earthquake

• A mesosaurus walking by

One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock making up Earth's outer layer?

• Mantle

• Pattern

• Inner core

• Plate

The place where to plates meet?

• Pattern

• Plate Boundary

• Mantle

• Earthquake

Plate Tectonics supports the idea that all continents were once fused together called _____________ .

• The rock cycle

• Supercontinent

• The crust

• Pangea