Plate Tectonic Quiz

The idea that continents were once part of a single landmass that broke apart and

moved

• Continental Drift

• Tectonic Plates

• Transform

Forms where plates are moving away from each other

• Divergent-

• Convergent-

• Transform-

Formed where two sections of Earth’s crust are colliding

• Divergent-

• Convergent-

• Transform-

The land mass where all of the continents were once together in one large continent is called ________________.

• Laurasia.

• Pangaea.

• Eurasia.

• Gondwana.

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.

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

How fast the continents move?

• 3-4 inches per day

• 3-4 inches per week

• 3-4 inches per month

• 3-4 inches per year

The three types of plate boundaries are

• Convergent, divergent, change

• Divergent, allegiant, insurgent

• Convergent, divergent, transform

• Push, pull, slide

What happens often at transform boundaries?

• Rain

• Hurricanes

• Volcanic activity

• Earthquakes

The crust is

• Layer of molten metal.

• Outermost layer of the Earth.

• Made up of the lithosphere and asthenosphere.

• Innermost layer of solid metal.