Plate Tectonics Quiz

What is the main process occurring at a destructive plate boundary?

• Plates move apart

• Plates slide past each other

• Plates move towards each other and one is subducted

• Plates remain stationary

Which of the following is an example of a constructive plate boundary?

• Andes Mountains

• Peru-Chile Trench

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Mariana Trench

What is the main feature formed at a continental-continental destructive plate boundary?

• Ocean trench

• Fold mountains

• Rift valley

• Island arc

Which of the following is NOT a mechanism of plate movement?

• Convection currents

• Ridge push

• Slab pull

• Magnetic reversal

What is the name of the process where one plate is forced beneath another at a destructive boundary?

• Subduction

• Friction

• Tension

• Uplift

Which layer of the Earth is directly beneath the lithosphere?

• Inner core

• Asthenosphere

• Mantle

• Crust

Which of the following is a tectonic hazard commonly associated with conservative plate boundaries?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Fold mountains

• Ocean trenches

Which of the following best describes the lithosphere?

• The liquid outer core

• The rigid outer layer of the Earth

• The semi-molten mantle

• The solid inner core

Which of the following is an example of a continental-continental collision?

• Andes Mountains

• Himalayas

• Mariana Trench

• Peru-Chile Trench

Which of the following is formed at an oceanic-oceanic destructive boundary?

• Fold mountains

• Rift valley

• Island arc and deep ocean trench

• Mid-ocean ridge