Plate Tectonics Quiz

Earth's plates meet at ____________.

• plate tectonics

• plate boundaries

• continental drift

• oceans

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

_______________ Currents within the mantle cause the earth's plates to move and shift s molten material rises and falls due to density and gravity

• Convection
• Radiation
• Conduction
• Wind

When pressure builds between two tectonic plates, it can suddenly release causing a (an) ______________________

• Earthquake
• Volcano
• Convection Current
• Gravitational Pull

Which layer is the thinnest?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner core

What is the correct order from the center of the earth to the surface of the earth?

• Crust, Mantle, Inner core , Outer core
• Crust, Mantle, Outer core , Inner core
• Inner core, Outer core, mantle, crust
• Outer core , Inner core, Mantle, Crust

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

• convergent
• thrust
• divergent
• transform

Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that

• the oceanic crust is melting.

• the denser ceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust

• volcanic islands are forming.

• the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.