6th - Plate Tectonics

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

• core

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• mesosphere

What is the liquid layer of the Earth's core called?

• lithosphere

• mesosphere

• inner core

• outer core

What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?

• collision

• a mid-ocean ridge

• a boundary

• a rift zone

What type of boundary is formed when plates collide?

• convergent

• horizontal

• divergent

• transform

What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?

• convergent

• horizontal

• divergent

• transform

What type of boundary is formed when plates slide past each other

• convergent

• horizontal

• divergent

• transform

Which of these did NOT provide evidence for continental drift?

• sea-floor spreading

• ocean plate theory

• the fossil record

• divergent boundaries

According to the continental drift theory, a single, huge continent once existed called

• Pangaea

• Wegener

• Panthalassa

• Eurasia

What was the name of the scientist who proposed the continental drift theory?

• Mendel

• Sid the Science Kid

• Bill Nye

• Wegener

Where does sea-floor spreading take place?

• convergent boundaries

• transform boundaries

• oceanic volcanoes

• mid-ocean ridges