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WorksheetsTectonic Plates Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart, which can occur within continental or oceanic crust?
Plate Tectonics
Rifting
Seafloor Spreading
Continental Drift
Which theory explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape?
Continental Drift
Supercontinent Cycle
Plate Tectonics
Paleomagnetism
What is the boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each other called?
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Mid Ocean Ridge
What is a piece of the lithosphere that has a unique geologic history and may be part of a larger piece of the lithosphere, such as a continent?
Asthenosphere
Terrane
Lithosphere
Panthalassa
What is the hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations?
Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
Supercontinent Cycle
Seafloor Spreading
What is the solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle?
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Terrane
Panthalassa
What is the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding called?
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Mid Ocean Ridge
What is the process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years?
Continental Drift
Supercontinent Cycle
Plate Tectonics
Paleomagnetism
What is a long, undersea mountain chain with a steep, narrow valley at its center, formed as magma rises from the asthenosphere?
Mid Ocean Ridge
Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
What is the solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere, made of mantle rock that flows very slowly?
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Terrane
Panthalassa
What was the single, large ocean that covered Earth's surface during the time the supercontinent Pangaea existed?
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Panthalassa
Terrane
What is the study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock, specifically as it relates to the reversal of Earth's magnetic poles?
Plate Tectonics
Paleomagnetism
Continental Drift
Seafloor Spreading
What is the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally called?
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Mid Ocean Ridge
What was the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and began to break up 250 million years ago?
Panthalassa
Pangaea
Terrane
Lithosphere
What is the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises to the Earth's surface and solidifies at a mid-ocean ridge?
Rifting
Seafloor Spreading
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
