Plate Tectonic Quiz #1

What type of hazards are temperature rise, heat waves and droughts?

• Tectonic hazards

• Climate-related hazards

What type of hazards are earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions?

• Tectonic hazards

• Climate-related hazards

Which is the correct order for the layers of the Earth?

• Inner mantle, outer mantle, core, outer core

• Crust, core, mantle, outer core

• Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Which part of the Earth is the hottest?

• Mantle

• Inner core

• Outer core

Which is the thinnest layer of the Earth?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

Which is lighter: Oceanic or continental crust?

• Oceanic

• Continental

• Neither. They are both the same

What causes tectonic plates to move?

• The rotation of the Earth

• Ocean tides

• Convection current in the mantle

• The moon's gravity

What is slab pull?

• When newer, less dense crust sinks

• When older, more dense crust sinks

• When older, less dense crust sinks

The area where one plate slides under another plate, it is also known as:

• submarine zone

• divergence zone

• subduction zone

• lower zone

What happens at a divergent plate boundary?

• Two plates move apart and new land is created

• One plate is force beneath another

• Plates slide side by side