Tectonic Plates Quiz

Which theory states that Earth’s crust and rigid upper mantle move in different directions and at different rates over Earth’s surface?

• ridge push and slab pull

• seafloor spreading

• continental drift

• plate tectonics

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Tectonic plates interact at places called plate

• reversals

• boundaries

• regions

• subductions

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Places where tectonic plates move apart are called

• convergent boundaries

• transform boundaries

• subduction zones

• divergent boundaries

Where are most divergent boundaries found?

• on the seafloor

• on continents

• along coastlines

• at subduction zones

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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of a

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• subduction zone

• transform boundary

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Places where tectonic plates come together are called

• convergent boundaries

• divergent boundaries

• transform boundaries

• rift valleys

Convergent boundaries are classified according to the

• types of fossils found at the boundaries

• rate at which the plates collide

• compass direction of movement of the plates

• type of crust involved

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Oceanic crust is made mostly of

• granite

• basalt

• water

• sediments

What can happen when two oceanic plates converge and one is subducted into the mantle?

• Magma erupts and forms an arc of islands

• The colliding plate edges become crumpled to form a mountain range

• The lithosphere splits to create a divergent plate boundary on land

• A continent splits to form a new ocean basin

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Which feature is associated with a continental-continental plate boundary?

• a subduction zone

• a mountain range

• a deep-sea trench

• a volcano