Tectonic Plates Vocabulary

What is the name of the tectonic plate division that includes the continental crust of Africa and the surrounding oceanic crust?

• African Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• Antarctic Plate

• Indo-Australian Plate

What is the name of the event that occurs when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy?

• Mountain Building

• Subduction

• Volcanic Eruption

• Earthquake

What is the process in which a denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge?

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Subduction

What is the name of the tectonic plate division that includes the continental crust of Greenland, North America, and Siberia and the surrounding oceanic crust?

• North American Plate

• South American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• Pacific Plate

What is the name of the event in which molten rock spews out from the mantle to the surface of Earth as ash, lava, and gases?

• Subduction

• Mountain Building

• Volcanic Eruption

• Earthquake

What is the name of the tectonic plate division that includes the continental crust of South America and the surrounding oceanic crust?

• South American Plate

• African Plate

• Antarctic Plate

• Indo-Australian Plate

What is the process in which two plates slide past each other horizontally?

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Subduction

What is the name of the event that occurs when the Earth's crust is pushed up by tectonic forces?

• Mountain Building

• Subduction

• Volcanic Eruption

• Earthquake

What is the name of the tectonic plate division that includes the continental crust of Australia and the surrounding oceanic crust?

• Indo-Australian Plate

• North American Plate

• South American Plate

• African Plate

What is the process in which two tectonic plates move away from each other?

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Subduction