Plate Tectonics Review

Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Two plates spread or move apart at what boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

• Covergent

• Divergent

• Transform

The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.

• seafloor spreading

• subduction

• continental drift

• recycling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the 'magic' that is happening in the mantle that helps move the 'lithospheric plates'?

• Convection

• Subduction

• Seafloor Spreading

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the only event associated with ALL plate boundaries?

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Subduction

• Deep Trenches

Plates slide past one another at ____________ boundaries.

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

Plates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries.

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• detergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The outermost, rigid layer of the earth, consisting of the earth's crust and upper part of the mantle is known as the ________________.

• lithosphere

• Pangaea

• subduction zone

• tectonic

• Wegener

Which layer of Earth is the source of lava that erupts from volcanoes?

• inner core
• outer core
• asthenosphere
• lithosphere