Plate Tectonics Quiz Review

Plates move away from each other at ______________ boundaries.

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• slide

What landform occurs at an oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundary?

• Fault Scarps
• Rift Valley
• Mountains
• Volcanic Islands

The hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current locations is called __________________.

• continental drift
• continental slope
• magnetic reversal
• convection

A rift valley occurs at a

• divergent boundary
• convergent boundary
• transform boundary

The boundary between two plates moving towards each other is called a

• divergent boundary
• convergent boundary
• transform boundary
• lithosphere

_______________ currents inside Earth drive plate motion.

• Vertical
• Convection
• Horizontal
• None of the Choices

Volcanoes are more likely to form at:

• transform boundaries
• divergent & convergent boundaries
• the center of continents

________________ are formed when two continental plates collide.

• Vocanoes
• Faults
• Mountain Ranges
• Rift Valleys

Which Earth layer is at spot 2?

• crust
• mantle
• inner core
• outer core

Which Earth layer is at spot 1?

• crust
• mantle
• inner core
• outer core