WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 4hrs 0mins
What is the name for the supercontinent?
Eurasia
Northern China
Southern Africa
Pangea
When plates PULL APART they cause which geologic event?
OCEAN BASINS
MOUNTAINS
RIFT VALLEYS
When plates slide past each other they cause
OCEAN BASINS
VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES
RIFT VALLEYS
When plates PUSH TOGETHER they cause
OCEAN BASINS
MOUNTAINS
RIFT VALLEYS
The earth layer that consists of the tectonic plates is the
MANTLE
LITHOSPHERE
ASTHENOSPHERE
OUTER CORE
What does this figure show?
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Convergent Boundary
What does this figure show?
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
What does this figure show?
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
The lithosphere (crust) is broken into sections called
plates
faults
ridges
trenches
A break in Earth's crust is called a
plate
rift
trench
fault
The process of seafloor being destroyed at the trench is called
ridging
seafloor spreading
trenching
subduction
The feature that forms where seafloor spreading occurs is the
ridge
trench
subduction zone
plate
The feature that forms where subduction occurs is the
rift
mantle
ridge
trench
Plates collide at a ___ boundary.
divergent
convergent
transform
Plates move apart at a ___ boundary.
divergent
convergent
transform
Plates slide past each other at a ____ boundary.
divergent
convergent
transform
