Plate Tectonics

A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

• Divergent Boundary
• Convergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction

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

• America
• Super Earth
• Pangea
• Eurasia

Convergent Plate Movement can create

• Rifts
• Mountains
• Ocean Ridges
• Radiation

A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction

Divergent Plate movement can create

• Convection Currents
• Conduction
• Mountains
• Rifts and ocean ridges

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

• Earthquake
• Volcano
• Convection Current
• Gravitational Pull

Earth's plates meet at ____________.

• plate tectonics

• plate boundaries

• continental drift

• oceans

Breaks in the crust called __________ form where plates meet.

• mountains

• rift valleys

• faults

• trenches

Plates slide past each other at _________________ boundaries.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• universal