Plate Tectonics

Islands can from from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

What is an earthquake?

• When the earth causes an upward thrust in the epicenter.

• When the earth moves up and down along the ocean floor.

• When tectonic plates slide against each other causing the earth to move. 

• None of the above

A famous _________________ plate boundary is found in the Himalayan mountains.

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• diuretic

What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic

• ocean and upper

• lower and upper

• pizza and subway

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plate Boundary

the idea that continents move around on Earth's surface.

• plate tectonics

• earthquake

• continental drift

• volcanic eruption

Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

• Albert Einstein

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

• John Dalton

A theory explaining how the tectonic plates (or lithosphere plates) on earth's surface move

• Volcanic Eruptions

• Plate Tectonics

• Earthquakes

• Continental Drift

Volcanoes usually form at ___________ boundaries.

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

A famous _________________ plate boundary is found in California and is called the San Andreas Fault.

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• flatulent