Tectonic Plates (ESS.5)

Which natural disasters change the Earth's surface? (Choose all that apply)

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Erosion

• Snowstorms

• Weathering

What is lava made of?

• Sediment

• Molten rock

• Water and dirt

• Fossils

When two plates converge and one slides under the other due to density differences, it is called?

• Tectonic plates

• Subduction

• Pangea

• Seismology

Movement caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking is called?

• Divergent boundary

• Earth's crust

• Convection

• Uplift

A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move towards each other is called?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Subduction

• Uplift

What causes an earthquake?

• Loud thunderstorms

• When rocks slide down a hillside

• When hundreds of people jump at the same time

• When tectonic plates move

Which of the following are layers of the Earth? (Choose all that apply)

• Mantle

• Pangea

• Earth's crust

• Core

• Sediment

A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move away from each other is called?

• Transform boundary

• Convection

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

How are mountains formed?

• Formed when two tectonic plates come together

• People move enough rocks to one place that mountains form

• Formed when two tectonic plates more apart

What was the name of the super continent that used to be connected as one?

• Seismologist

• Convection

• Pangea

• Subduction