Name that Boundary Quiz!

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

• Mantle

• Core

• Crust

• Lithosphere

What causes tectonic plates to move?

• Ocean currents

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Wind and erosion

• Gravity from the Moon

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Which type of plate boundary occurs when two plates move apart?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Subduction

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What landform is most likely to form at a convergent boundary between two continental plates?

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Rift valley

• Mountain range

• Ocean trench

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Which process creates new oceanic crust?

• Earthquakes

• Seafloor spreading

• Subduction

• Weathering

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What happens at a transform boundary?

• Plates move apart

• Plates collide

• Plates slide past each other

• One plate sinks below another

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Which of the following provides evidence for plate movement?

• Fossil distribution

• Shape of continents

• Similar rock formations on different continents

• All of the above

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Which layer of the Earth is responsible for convection currents that drive plate movement?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer core

• Inner core

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What natural disaster is most common at transform boundaries?

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Tsunamis

• Hurricanes

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Who proposed the theory of continental drift, which led to the development of plate tectonics?

• Isaac Newton

• Alfred Wegener

• Charles Darwin

• Galileo Galilei

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