Dynamic Earth quiz

Which of the earth's layers is broken up into several large tectonic plates?

• Asthenosphere

• Crust

• Lithosphere

• Outer core

Which scientists is credited with proposing the ideas that led to the development of the plate tectonics theory?

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

• Alfred Wegener

Which of these layers if found directly above the earth's core?

• Asthenosphere

• Inner core

• Mantle

• Outer core

What kind of plate boundary runs across Iceland?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Nordic boundary

• Transform boundary

What is NOT likely to happen at a divergent boundary?

• Mountain formation

• Rift valley

• Seafloor spreading

• Volcano formation

Mid-ocean ridges are places where tectonic plates are doing what?

• Colliding

• Sliding past each other

• Spreading apart

• None of the above

Which of the following geologic events can occur at a transform boundary?

• Earthquake

• Mountain formation

• Volcanic eruption

• Rift formation

California's San Andreas Fault is identified as which of the following?

• Blind thrust fault

• Dip-slip fault

• Normal fault

• Strike-slip fault

Mountain formations can results when which of the following occurs?

• Two oceanic plates collide

• Two continental plates collide

• Two oceanic plates spread apart

• None of the above

What is the border between two tectonic plates called?

• Boundary

• Collision zone

• Rift

• Trench