Plate Tectonics Quiz

What is plate tectonics?

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

What crustal features are formed at plate boundaries?

Why are the continents of Europe and Asia different than all the others?

Name the two scientists credited with these theories.

Write a short definition for the terms "lithosphere" and "asthenosphere."

What is the engine that moves the plates?

What happens when plates converge or collide?

• Continental/Oceanic = volcanoes form (e.g., Cascades in Oregon and Washington)

• Oceanic/Oceanic = volcanic arc of islands form (e.g., Aleutian Islands in Alaska)

Think about the different types of plate boundaries. How could you prove that those motions were actually happening? For each type of boundary (convergent, divergent, and transform), describe a measurement you could take over several years that would be evidence of that boundary type occurring.

This is when two plates converge but one slides under the other due to density.

• Uplift
• Subduction
• Trench
• None of the above