Quiz about Plate Tectonics

Question 1

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

Accepted Answer

Tectonic plates

Answer

Puzzles

Answer

Earthquakes

Question 2

The area around the Pacific Ocean where lots of earthquakes and volcanoes happen is called the ____________.

Accepted Answer

Ring of Fire

Answer

Ring of Earth

Answer

Ring of Stone

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Ring of Diamond

Question 3

This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!

Accepted Answer

San Andreas Fault

Answer

New Madrid

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Denali Fault

Answer

Ramapo Seismic Zone

Question 4

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Transform

Question 5

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

Accepted Answer

Slide/Transform

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Convergent

Question 6

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Slide/Transform

Question 7

Identify the Major Plate labeled B

Accepted Answer

Pacific Plate

Answer

African Plate

Answer

Antarctic Plate

Answer

Eurasian Plate

Question 8

Identify the Major Plate labeled I

Accepted Answer

African Plate

Answer

Antarctic Plate

Answer

Pacific Plate

Answer

Eurasian Plate

Question 9

Identify the Major Plate labeled N

Accepted Answer

Antarctic Plate

Answer

African Plate

Answer

Pacific Plate

Answer

Eurasian Plate

Question 10

Identify the Major Plate labeled J

Accepted Answer

Eurasian Plate

Answer

African Plate

Answer

Antarctic Plate

Answer

Pacific Plate

Question 11

Identify the Major Plate labeled D

Accepted Answer

North American Plate

Answer

Indo-Australian Plate

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South Americana Plate

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Eurasian Plate

Question 12

Identify the Major Plate labeled L

Accepted Answer

Indo-Australian Plate

Answer

North American Plate

Answer

South Americana Plate

Answer

Eurasian Plate

Question 13

Identify the Major Plate labeled G

Accepted Answer

South Americana Plate

Answer

Indo-Australian Plate

Answer

North American Plate

Answer

Eurasian Plate

Question 14

This boundary is described by two plates moving away from eachother along the edges and separating. The resulting gap allows magma to rise and create new crust, forming new lithosphere.

Accepted Answer

Divergent Boundary

Answer

Convergent Boundary

Answer

Transform Boundary

Question 15

This boundary is described as two plates moving past eachother ALONG THE EDGES horizontally.  These boundaries will get stuck or lock against eachother causing earthquakes when they slip and release.

Accepted Answer

Transform Boundary

Answer

Convergent Boundary

Answer

Divergent Boundary

Question 16

This boundary is described as moving toward one another  When the plates are both continental plates the will crumple up and form a mountains. When they are continental and oceanic plates, subduction occurs  and earthquakes and volcanoes form.

Accepted Answer

Convergent Boundary

Answer

Divergent Boundary

Answer

Transform Boundary

Question 17

Trenches, deep underwater canyons on the sea floor are created at this type of boundary

Accepted Answer

Convergent, Subduction Zone

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Transform

Question 18

New crust is created at this type of  boundary.

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Answer

Convergent, Subduction Zone

Answer

Transform

Question 19

Mid Ocean Ridge Formation  is created at this type of  boundary.

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Transform

Question 20

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

Accepted Answer

convection currents in the Asthenosphere

Answer

the rotation of the Earth.

Answer

the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

Answer

the Moho discontinuity.

Plate Tectonics

20 questions

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

The area around the Pacific Ocean where lots of earthquakes and volcanoes happen is called the ____________.

This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

Identify the Major Plate labeled B

Identify the Major Plate labeled I

Identify the Major Plate labeled N

Identify the Major Plate labeled J

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