Plate Boundaries Quiz

What type of plate is this?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform

What type of plate is this?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform

What type of plate is this?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform

The crust and upper mantle make up the Earth’s _______

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• core

• inner core

The theory that suggests that plates are slowly moving is called ___________

• Magnetic Reversal

• Plate Tectonic

• Continental Slope

• Continental Drift

What is created at convergent boundaries?

• Rift valley

• Fault

• subduction zones

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

All plate boundaries create __________________.

• earthquakes

• mountains

• volcanoes

• rift valley

The center layer of the Earth

• mantle
• core
• crust
• home

Scientists hypothesize that a super continent existed 200 million years ago. This continent is called _____________.

• Mesoamerica

• Super Earth

• Pangea

• Eurasia

The lithosphere is broken into large pieces of rock that float on the mantle called ______________.

• epicenters

• focus

• tectonic plates

• stratosphere