Plate Tectonics Quiz

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake
• Volcano Eruption
• Tornado
• Mountain Building

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart
• Come together
• Slide past each other
• subducting

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What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Mountains
• Rift Valleys

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What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Island Arc
• Flat land

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What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Volcano
• Mountain
• Rift
• Island Arc

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How are scientist able to estimate the thickness of each layer of the Earth?By studying __________

•  radio waves
• sonar waves
• laser waves
• seismic waves

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This is the plastic layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere move.

• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Mesosphere
• Crust

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This layer is divided into pieces called tectonic plates.

• Mesosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Mantle
• Lithosphere

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