Earthquakes and Plate Movement Unit 5
Which type of plate boundary can be found where Himalayan Mountains are located in Northern India?  (hint: the movement results mountains)
Convergent 
Divergent
Transform
Mantle
D
B
C
A
They are located approximately 10 meters below
the surface of the ocean
all tectonic plates are located in Earth's core
all of the earth's land rests on tectonic plates even
the ocean floor
They're located in the molten layer beneaththe earth's crust called the asthenosphere
Which of the following statements is true of 
tectonic plates?
Which of the following best describes why earthquakes 
occur?

solar flares
plate movement and volcanic activity
 Tsunamis
chemical changes
Identify plates A and C
Eurasian and Pacific
Indo-Australian and African
Antarctic and Pacific
Pacific and African
Another way to describe the asthenosphere is
core
air above earth
crust and upper mantle
the part of the mantle that moves
A
Which diagram shows the plate movement that creates new ocean floor (divergent)? (Ocean Basin) This processis often called "Sea Floor Spreading".
D
B
At which type of plate boundarywould a volcano most likely form?
A and C
A and B
C and B
B and D
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
A
B
C
D
mantle
inner core
Which layer of the earthis the least dense and appears to be floating on the mantle?
outer core
crust
The Pacific Plate
There are islands off the coast 
of Alaska.  On which plate can you
find Alaska?
The African Plate
The North American Plate
A
B
C
D
S.American plate
Indo-Australian plate
Indo-European Plate
Antarctic Plate
What is the name of
the plate that
includes both
India and
Australia?
The type of boundary where one plate is
subducted under the other and melts, is 
called __________________.  Often volcanoes
are a result of this subduction and melting.
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
none of these
Which Earth layer has 
the Asthenosphere?
A
D
B
C
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