Plate Tectonics Review

The lithosphere is made up of

• the crust

• the upper mantle

• the lower mantle

• the core

The plates move/float on the

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• mesosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This is the only liquid layer of the Earth

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

The theory that the continents were once a super continent called Pangea is called the Theory of Continental Drift.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The place where two plates meet is called a

• rift

• boundary

• border

A _____ boundary is where two plates slide past each other.

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

A _____ boundary is where two plates move apart from each other.

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

A _____ boundary is where two plates push towards each other.

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

A subduction zone is where _____ crust gets bent and pulled under the _____ crust.

• oceanic, continental

• continental, oceanic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What geologic feature is often found at subduction zones?

• volcanoes

• hurricanes

• tsunamis

• earthquakes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3