Tectonic Plates

An illustration of the major tectonic plates is provided. Which of the labeled plates in the illustration is the Eurasian Plate?

• A

• B

• C

• D

A force caused the continents to drift apart over time. Once scientists figured out what that force was, the theory of plate tectonics was born! The image above shows what Geologists think the Earth looks like millions of years ago. What name was given to this landmass?

• Plate Tectonics

• Oceana

• Pangea

• North America

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Africa and the surrounding oceanic crust.

• African Plate

• South American Plate

• North American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

An illustration of the major tectonic plates is provided. Which of the labeled plates in the illustration is the Indo-Austrslian Plate?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which continental tectonic plate lies underneath X?

• Pacific Plate

• South American Plate

• Nazca PLate

• Antarctic Place

What is the name of the massive pieces of the lithosphere (solid rock) that floats on the partially melted rocks of the mantel.

• Orogenesis

• Tectonic Plate

• Volcanoe

• Earthquake

What forms continents and the bottom of the oceans?

• Orogenesis

• Tectonic Plate

• Volcanoe

• Earthquake

What can be entirely oceanic like the Pacific Plate?

• Orogenesis

• Tectonic Plate

• Volcanoe

• Earthquake

What can be mixed (partly oceanic, partly continental like the South American Plate?

• Orogenesis

• Tectonic Plate

• Volcanoe

• Earthquake

How do the tectonic plates move?

• Immense pieces of lithosphere move against each other.

• Plates collide with each other.

• Plates move apart from each other.

• Plates rub against each other.

• All of the answers