WIN Quiz Redo-Plate Tectonics Vocab

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

• Tectonic plates

• Puzzles

• Earthquakes

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

• Core

• Mantle

• Crust

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Slide/Transform

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun

• Magnetic Pole Reversal

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Faults in Mountain Ranges

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake

• Volcano Eruption

• Tornado

• Mountain Building

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart

• Come together

• Slide past each other

• subducting

Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide

• Two oceanic plates pull apart

• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

• Two continental plates pull apart

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Reform

• Transform

The tectonic plates float on the

• lithosphere

• lower mantle

• outer core

• asthenosphere