Vocab Quiz: 2.0 Earth's Structure v4

What is the name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents?

• Rift Valley

• Ring of Fire

• Pangaea

• Pluton

What is molten rock beneath the earth's surface called?

• Lava

• Trench

• Crust

• magma

What is magma that reaches Earth's surface called?

• Rift Zone

• Density

• Focus

• Lava

What is a circle of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean called?

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Ridge Push

• Ring of Fire

What is the degree of compactness of a substance called?

• Epicenter

• Fault

• Density

• Subduction Zone

What is the process in which new material at a ridge or rift pushes older material aside, moving the tectonic plates away from the ridge called?

• Divergent Boundary

• Rift Valley

• Convergent Boundary

• Ridge Push

What is the region where any two plates meet called?

• Focus

• Trench

• Boundary

• Pluton

What is a tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide or come together called?

• Divergent Boundary

• Rift Zone

• Transform Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

What is the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other called?

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Ridge Boundary

• Transform Boundary

What is the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally called?

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Rift Boundary

• Transform Boundary