Plate Tectonics Quiz

What is the name of hot molten rock under the earth's surface?

• lava

• magma

• magma and lava

• Hot Rock

Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form? For example, Mount Everest

• Transform

• Convergent

• Reform

Which layer has convection currents?

• Mantle/asthenosphere

• Inner Core

• Crust

Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

• At plate boundaries

• in the middle of continents

• in the middle of plates

Which process is responsible for the creation of new oceanic crust?

• Subduction

• Convergent boundaries

• Transform boundaries

• Seafloor spreading

The Earth's lithosphere is divided into several large tectonic plates.

• True

• False

What is the name of the plate boundary that slides or slips past each other?

• Divergent

• Transform

• Convergent

What causes tectonic plates to move along the Earth's surface?

• wind

• convection currents in the mantle

• ocean currents

• magic

What type of boundary is formed when two plates move apart?

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction zone

• Convergent boundary

Which of the following is a real-world example of a transform plate boundary?

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Himalayan Mountains

• San Andreas Fault

• Mariana Trench