WorksheetsES Review - Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 26mins
Breaks in the crust called __________ form where plates meet.
mountains
rift valleys
faults
trenches
Plates slide past each other at _________________ boundaries.
divergent
convergent
transform
universal
What is the motion of Earth's plates like?
fast and in stages
slow and in stages
fast and constant
slow and constant
Why does subduction occur?
Old crust is more dense and gravity helps pull the crust back into the mantle.
Old crust is less dense and it sinks back into the mantle.
Old crust is warm and melts back into the mantle.
Old crust has no where else to go but through trenches.
The layer that makes up the crust and the top part of the mantle is
mantle
asthenosphere
lithosphere
outer core
The only liquid layer inside the Earth.
Asthenosphere
Mantle
Outer core
Inner core
What type of boundary is in this image?
convergent plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
transform plate boundary
triangulation
