Plate Tectonics Quiz Review

Who created the theory of Continental Drift?

• David Suzuki

• Alfred Wegener

• Cindy Lauper

• Albert Einstein

When two plates are moving towards each other, this results in a __________________________ boundary

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

When two plates are moving away each other, this results in a __________________________ boundary

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

When two plates are sliding past one other, this results in a __________________________ boundary

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

An example of a convergent plate boundary is...

• The Himalaya Mountain Range

• The San Andreas Fault

• The Mid-Atlantic Ridge

An example of a divergent plate boundary is...

• The Himalaya Mountain Range

• The San Andreas Fault

• The Mid-Atlantic Ridge

An example of a transform plate boundary is...

• The Himalaya Mountain Range

• The San Andreas Fault

• The Mid-Atlantic Ridge

The supercontinent was known as _____________________.

• Pangea

• Supercontinent

• Laurasia

Convection currents happen within which layer of the Earth?

• Inner core

• Outer core

• Mantle

• Crust

The inner core of the Earth is solid iron and nickel.

• True

• False