Plate Tectonics Quiz

Convection current causes the lithospheric plate to ________________.

• move slowly but constantly

• move in any direction

• move faster

• create another plate

The youngest part of the ocean floor is found at the ___________.

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform-fault

• hot spot

What type of plate boundary occurs between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate?

• convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary

• convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary

• convergent continental-continental plate boundary

• transform boundary

The crust and upper mantle make up the Earth’s ____________.

• lithosphere

• core

• asthenosphere

• continents

The result of plate movement can be seen at _________.

• abyssal plains

• plate centers

• plate boundaries

• ocean margin

The theory that suggests that plates are slowly moving is called ___________.

• Magnetic Reversal

• Continental Slope

• Plate Tectonic

• Continental Drift

Plates move apart at __________ boundaries.

• convergent

• divergent

• stable

• transform plate

Plates slipping past each other at ________________.

• subduction zone

• convection current

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

The boundary between two plates moving together is called a __________.

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• lithosphere

• convergent boundary

Based on the current position of the continents, South America is moving away from Africa in what direction?

• West

• North

• East

• South