Earth's Crust and Plate Tectonics Quiz

Earthquakes and volcanoes happen at plate boundaries.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

• Never

Which movement involves plates sliding past each other?

• Divergent

• Conservative

• Transform

• Subduction

What is the result of 2 continental plates pushing into each other?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Mountain ranges

• Ocean trenches

What is the primary cause of plate movements?

• Wind

• Ocean currents

• Convection currents

• Solar radiation

What is a common result of conservative plate boundaries?

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Mountain formation

• Ocean trench formation

What process occurs when an oceanic plate is forced under a continental plate?

• Erosion

• Subduction

• Sedimentation

• Uplift

What is the term for the area where an oceanic plate descends beneath a continental plate?

• Ridge

• Trench

• Plateau

• Basin

Which type of crust is denser, oceanic or continental?

• Oceanic

• Continental

• Both are equal

• Neither

What is the term for the rigid outer layer of the Earth?

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Core

• Mantle

What happens to the oceanic crust as it is subducted?

• It rises

• It melts

• It remains unchanged

• It expands