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WorksheetsEarth's Interior / Plate Tectonics Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
A region where a plume of magma can break through a weak place in the lithosphere.
hot spot
sun spot
exmarksthe spot
fun spot
Name of the last supercontinent.
Pangaea
Pancreas
Panorama
Panfried
The boundary created when two plate move towards each other.
divergent boundary
strike slip boundary
convergent boundary
agent boundary
The process in which one plate is pushed under another plate.
subconscious
subduction
submarine
subpar
A string of volcanic islands created near a trench in the ocean.
island string
Azkaban Island
treasure island
island arc
The theory that states that plates were continental crust and plowed through ocean floor.
continental shift
continental grift
continental drift
continental thrift
The study of the earth’s geological past relative to its magnetic field.
paleosaurus
paleologist
paleocortex
paleomagnetism
The space between two plates when they move apart.
gift
sift
rift
drift
The area where one plate is pulled beneath another.
selection zone
subduction zone
get in the zone
auto zone
The boundary created when two plates slide past one another.
divergent boundary
strike slip boundary
diligent boundary
convergent boundary
The deep feature created where subduction is occurring.
wrench
french
trench
drench
The boundary created when two plates move away from each other.
convergent plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
strike slip boundary
detergent boundary
A rigid piece of the crust and upper, upper mantle.
photospheric plate
stratospheric plate
biospheric plate
lithopheric plate
The seismic wave that is recorded second by the seismograph.
land wave
surface wave
primary wave
secondary wave
The theory that states that plates are made up of continental and oceanic crust and move by convection currents in the asthenosphere.
continental drift
plate tectonics
continental tectonics
plate drift
The rigid layer of the earth that includes the crust and the solid portion of the outer mantle.
mistakosphere
incorrectsphere
wrongsphere
lithosphere
Deformation of the earth’s crust.
harmonics
supersonics
pentatonics
tectonics
An underwater volcanic cone with an eroded peak.
guyot
patriot
galliot
parrot
These waves include primary and secondary waves.
body waves
surface waves
land waves
air waves
The concept that the thickness of the earth’s crust is constantly changing in an attempt to keep the thickness equal.
isostasy
creasy
eaustasy
youcrazy
An underwater volcanic cone with its peak still intact.
seamount
seawater
seashore
seamonkey
The fastest moving seismic wave.
land wave
surface wave
primary wave
secondary wave
The portion of the earth’s crust that is like silly putty.
asthenosphere
lithosphere
stratosphere
biosphere
Shock waves or vibrations created by an earthquake.
seismic shift
seismic meter
seismic graph
seismic waves
The seismic wave that travels along the earth’s surface.
body wave
surface wave
primary wave
secondary wave
