Inside Earth Review

True or false?  Tectonic plates move quickly, so mountains take only a few years
to form.

• True
• False

The layer of Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle is the:

• atmosphere
• lithosphere
• asthenosphere

What type of plate boundary forms mountains and volcanoes?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform

What type of plate boundary forms rift valleys?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform

What type of plate boundary creates earthquakes?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform

What is Pangaea?

• a supercontinent that existed
   millions of years ago
• a new planet

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Plate Boundary

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart
• Come together
• Slide past each other
• subducting