Plate Tectonics Test

The _____________ is a layer of solid rock that includes both dry land and the ocean floor.

• crust

• mantle

• core

• lithosphere

What are the two types of crust?

• thick and thin

• ocean and basin

• lower and upper

• continental and oceanic

This layer is divided into pieces called tectonic plates.

• Asthenosphere

• Mantle

• Mesosphere

• Lithosphere

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This is the part of the mantle on which tectonic plates move, it is semi-molten because the rock can soften and partly melt.

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Mesosphere

• crust

This is the rigid, top layer of the mantle combined with the crust.

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Mesosphere

• crust

The theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the theory of

• subduction

• plate tectonics

• evolution

• sea floor spreading

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What do you call an area where two tectonic plates interact in different ways? For example, slide past each other, move away from each other, or move towards each other.

• plate boundaries

• hot spots

• subduction

• convection

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There are three types of plate boundaries. Which choice is NOT a type of plate boundaries.

• convergent

• insurgent

• divergent

• transform

When one plate sinks under another, this is called

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• subduction

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The map in the picture shows tectonic plate boundaries. This map would be useful in predicting the location of future

• droughts

• hurricanes

• earthquakes

• tornadoes

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