Tectonic plates

What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates sliding past each other?

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction zone

Which of the following is NOT a major tectonic plate?

• North American plate

• Pacific plate

• Antarctic plate

• Cocos plate

What does the movement of the tectonic plates NOT cause?

• Earthquakes

• Ocean trenches

• Volcanoes

• Climate change

The earth’s lithosphere is divided into how many major tectonic plates?

• 3

• 8

• 7

• 5

What are the convection currents caused by?

• Differences in temperature and density

• Earth’s magnetic field

• Earth’s rotation

• Gravitational forces from the moon

What is the boundary called where two tectonic plates move towards each other

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Plate boundary

Which layer of the Earth is primarily involved in tectonic plate movement?

• Asthenosphere

• Inner core

• Outer core

• Crust

What is the process called when one tectonic plate is forced under another?

• Subduction

• Rifting

• Transforming

• Convection

What type of plate is responsible for creating new oceanic crust

• Convergent plate

• Transform plate

• Divergent plate

The theory that continents were once joined together in a supercontinent called Pangea is part of which larger theory?

• continental drift
• geological evolution
• plate tectonics
• oceanic expansion