Plate Tectonics Quiz

Plate tectonics explains the movement of what?

• The Earth's core

• The atmosphere

• Earth's outer shell

• The oceans

What is the lithosphere?

• A fluid layer of the Earth

• The layer of Earth where life exists

• The rigid outer layer of the Earth

• The middle layer of the Earth

What was Pangaea?

• The first continent on Earth

• The only ocean on ancient Earth

• A supercontinent that existed long ago

• A theory of Earth's creation

What happens at a convergent boundary?

• Plates move apart

• Plates slide past each other

• Plates move toward each other

• Plates remain stationary

What is subduction?

• The process of a plateau rising

• The cooling of the Earth's core

• One plate moving under another

• The spreading of the seafloor

Seafloor spreading is associated with which type of boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Static

The mantle is primarily made of what?

• Water

• Rock

• Metal

• Ice

What is the asthenosphere?

• The outer layer of the Earth's atmosphere

• A layer of hot, semi-fluid material beneath the Earth's crust

• The innermost layer of the Earth

• A type of rock found in the Earth's crust

What occurs at a transform boundary?

• Plates merge

• Plates pull apart

• Plates slide past each other

• Plates melt

What is a fault?

• A type of mountain

• A break in the Earth's crust where blocks of rock move

• A place where hot magma rises

• An area of calm geological activity