WorksheetsESS - Tectonic Plates Basics
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
lithosphere of the Earth is broken into numerous segments called _____.
Crust
Movement
Plates
Mantle
A plate on lithosphere that is thinner and denser and may be created or destroyed in a much faster rate.
Mantle
Continental plate
Oceanic plate
Crust
When the oceanic and continental plates converge, the thinner and denser oceanic plate is forced to slide under much thicker continental plate. This process is called____?
Divergent
Convergent
Subduction
Plate Tectonics
The phenomenon divergent plate movement is scientifically documented to be main cause of ____?
Sea Floor Spreading
Mountain Ranges
Island Arc
Subduction
This process may form mountain rangers as the pressure from each colliding plate results in the upward movement of rock layers.
Continental-continental convergence
Continental-continental divergence
Continental-oceanic convergence
Continental-oceanic divergence
This process produce cracks or breaks where magma from the mantle may rise. This event may result in a volcanic activity.
Oceanic to Oceanic Convergence
Oceanic to Oceanic divergence
Oceanic to continental divergence
Oceanic to continental convergence
Which is the soft layer of the mantel on which the tectonic plates move?
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mesosphere
Outer core
Inner Core
