Intro to Tectonic Plates

When two tectonic plates slide past each other.

• transform boundaries
• divergent boundaries
• convergent boundaries

What type of currents help move the tectonic plates?

• convection
• conduction
• thermal

Huge pieces of crust that slowly move on the mantle and are rigid and solid.

• crustal moving plates
• tectonic plates
• convergent plates

The crust beneath the oceans is more dense than the crust beneath the continents.

• True
• False

Which plate boundary consists of plates moving toward each other?

• transform
• convergent
• divergent

Most of the tectonic plates are named after

• the continents that sit on them.
• the person who discovered that plate.
• the oceans around them.

Which geological feature is most likely formed when tectonic plates pull away from each other?

• ridge
• plateau
• mountain

When one plate goes under the other, it is called:

• divergent
• subduction
• transform

When plates transform, what is most likely to occur?

• mountains are formed
• an earthquake
• volcanic island is formed

What is a major geological event that occurs when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy?

• earthquakes
• volcanic eruptions
• divergent boundaries