tectonic plates

Which of the following plates are all major?

• - Arabian

  - Eurasian

  - Philippine

  - South American

  - Pacific

  - Caribbean

• - African

  - Antarctic

  - Eurasian

  - Indo-Australian

  - North American

  - Pacific

  - South American

• - Nazca

  - Indian

  - Australian

  - Eurasian

  - Caribbean

  - African

  - Antarctic

... crust is the thinner and denser crust

What happens when there is a divergent boundary between two continental plates?

• The oceanic crust goes underneath

• Both plates go down

• Both of them collide and form mountains

Which picture shows how divergent boundaries move?

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What’s the name of the region in the Earth's mantle that lies just beneath the lithosphere?

• Mantle

• Mesosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Crust

When there is a convergent boundary, which plate goes underneath?

• Continental

• Oceanic

• Pacific

• American

Which of the following tectonic plates move to the north-east?

• African

• Eurasian

• Cocos

• Juan de Juca

In which plate boundary the movement is characterized by strike-slip faults and earthquakes, but not for volcanic activity or mountain building?

• CONVERGENT

• DIVERGENT

• TRANSFORM

Draw the movement of the border of divergent plate

Answer explanation

What happens during the subduction process?

• One plate moves underneath the other and sinks into the Earth's mantle.

• The plates move away from each other

• The plates slide past each other horizontally