Plate Motion

A continent is a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain or volcano.

• True

• False

Which statement best describes the Earth's outer layer underneath the surface in the image?

• Underneath the soil, Earth's outer layer is made of water.

• Underneath the soil, Earth's outer layer is made of water. Underneath the soil, Earth's outer layer is made of hard, solid rock. Underneath the ocean, Earth's outer layer is made of sand

• Underneath both the soil and the ocean, Earth's outer layer is made of sand and water.

• Underneath both the soil and the ocean, Earth's outer layer is made of hard, solid rock.

Which statement about plates is correct?

• The outer layer of the Earth is made of plates that are on top of the mantle.

• The plates are made of the outer layer of the Earth and they are under the mantle.

• There is only one plate on Earth and it is on top of the mantle.

• The outer layer of the Earth is made of plates and they are under the mantle.

The place where the plates meet is known as a plate boundary.

• True

• False

What evidence is shown on the map to indicate where the plate boundaries are.

• We don't know where the plate boundaries are.

• Lines of earthquakes.

• The red lines on the map

• Lines on the bottom of the sea.

An earthquake causes the plates to move apart.

• True

• False

The mantle is a layer of soft solid rock underneath the Earth's plates.

• True

• False

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Convergent

• Plate

• Transform

• Divergent

A divergent boundary happens when plates ...

• slide past each other

• move apart

• go under each other

• move together

Something we observe to be similar over and over again is a

• rift

• eruption

• mantle

• pattern