Earth's Surface and Plate Tectonics Quiz

What is the name of the large pieces that make up Earth's surface?

• Cross section

• Plates

• Patterns

• Earthquakes

Which term describes the place where two plates meet?

• Pattern

• Plate boundary

• Outer layer

• Cross section

What do we call the shaking of the ground caused by movement at plate boundaries?

• Cross section

• Pattern

• Earthquake

• Plate

What is a cross section?

• The hard outer layer of the Earth

• A side view of something, like Earth’s layers

• The place where plates meet

• A repeated event

Which word means something that happens again and again in the same way?

• Plate

• Earthquake

• Pattern

• Plate boundary

The hard, outermost part of the Earth is called the __________.

When two plates move past each other, they meet at a __________.

An _________________ happens when energy is suddenly released along a plate boundary, shaking the ground.

Scientists use a ______________ to show a side view of the Earth's layers.

When we see something repeat in a certain way over and over, we call it a ____________________.