Rocks and Plate Tectonics

Tectonic plates are made of?

• The mantle

• Continental and oceanic lithosphere

• The outer core

• The mesosphere

Where does seafloor spreading take place?

• Convergent boundaries

• The continentals shelves

• Transform boundary

• Mid-ocean ridges

What is the driving force behind the movement of the tectonic plates?

• Gravity

• Convection

• Wave motion

• Seismic activity

What is the process of convection?

• The process of hot material rising and cooler material sinking in circular patterns

• The process of hot rock solidifying and forming new crust

• The process of explaining what goes up must come down

• Strong ocean currents moving tremendous amounts of material

This type of boundary creates rift zones and shallow earthquakes

• Transform

• Continental-Continental Convergent

• Divergent

• Oceanic-Continental Convergent

At this boundary plates slide past one and other and earthquakes are created

• Transform

• Continental-Continental Convergent

• Divergent

• Oceanic-Continental Convergent

Mountains are created along

• Transform boundaries

• Continental-Continental Convergent

• Divergent

• Oceanic-Continental Convergent

Volcanoes are created along

• Divergent and Convergent boundaries

• Transform and Convergent boundaries

• Divergent and Transform boundaries

• The boundary between Illionois and Wisconsin

Subduction zones occur along

• Transform boundaries

• Continental-Continental boundaries

• Divergent boundaries

• Oceanic-Continental boundaries

How do the plates move along a divergent boundary?

• They move towards one another

• They move away from one another

• They move past one another

• One move up the other moves down