Plate Tectonics Review

Which layer has convection currents?

• inner core

• crust

• outer core

• mantle

Whenever a subduction zone is formed a ______ is formed.

• Mountain

• Volcano

• Rift

• Island Arc

Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?

• volcanoes

• deep sea trenches

• underwater mountain ranges

• faults

When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct (go under)?

• oceanic

• continental

• neither

• both

What is the force that moves the continents?

• Human Activity

• Convection Currents

• Conveyor Belts

• Scrat the Squirrel from Ice Age

Where does the heat come from that creates convection currents in the mantle?

What does the theory of continental drift state?

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake

• Volcano Eruption

• Tornado

• Mountain Building

As you travel toward the inner core, how would temperature and density of the material change?

What type of plate boundary might be responsible for this range of mountains?

• diverging tectonic plates

• erosion of the land by the ocean

• converging tectonic plates

• deposition of sediments by the ocean