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Plates and Plate Boundaries
plates
  • 1. Name the plate labelled with the letter B.
A) Pacific Plate
B) South American Plate
C) Eurasian Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) North American Plate
plates
  • 2. Name the plate labelled with the letter D.
A) Eurasian Plate
B) South American Plate
C) North American Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) Pacific Plate
plates
  • 3. Name the plate labelled with the letter F.
A) Indo-Australian Plate
B) Nazca Plate
C) Pacific Plate
D) African Plate
E) South American Plate
plates
  • 4. Name the plate labelled with the letter G.
A) South American Plate
B) Antarctic Plate
C) Indo-Australian Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) Eurasian Plate
plates
  • 5. Name the plate labelled with the letter I.
A) Eurasian Plate
B) South American Plate
C) North American Plate
D) Antarctic Plate
E) African Plate
plates
  • 6. Name the plate labelled with the letter J.
A) South American Plate
B) Eurasian Plate
C) Nazca Plate
D) Antarctic Plate
E) Indo-Australian Plate
plates
  • 7. Name the plate labelled with the letter L.
A) North American Plate
B) African Plate
C) Indo-Australian Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) Antarctic Plate
plates
  • 8. Name the plate labelled with the letter N.
A) South American Plate
B) Nazca Plate
C) Antarctic Plate
D) Indo-Australian Plate
E) Eurasian Plate
boundaries convergent
  • 9. The boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates
A) divergent boundary
B) transform boundary
C) convergent boundary
boundaries transform
  • 10. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
A) transform boundary
B) convergent boundary
C) divergent boundary
boundaries divergent
  • 11. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
A) convergent boundary
B) transform boundary
C) divergent boundary
  • 12. The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
A) asthenosphere
B) inner core
C) lithosphere
D) outer core
  • 13. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is what kind of boundary
A) submergent
B) transform
C) divergent
D) convergent
  • 14. An example of transform boundary can be found between the
A) Pacific and North American plates
B) Indian and Eurasian Plates
C) African and South American Plates
  • 15. What pushes the plates in different directions
A) ocean currents
B) convection currents
C) current events
D) air currents
  • 16. Alfred Wegener is known for developing what scientific theory?
A) Theory of Continental Drift
B) Theory of Plate Tectonics
C) Trench Theory
D) The Big Bang Theory
  • 17. If the mantle cooled and convection currents stopped moving...
A) earthquakes would shake the crust
B) All of these
C) The plates would stop moving
D) volcanoes would erupt
  • 18. Converging boundaries create
A) new sea floor
B) mountains
C) fossils
D) bassalt
  • 19. The Earth is believed to be _____ years old.
A) 14 billion
B) 4.5 thousand
C) 4.5 million
D) 4.5 billion
  • 20. Oceanic crust is formed by seafloor spreading
A) false
B) true
  • 21. The Mid-Atlantic is closest to ________
A) Maine
B) The Pacific Plate
C) India
D) California
  • 22. The Indian Plate and the Eurasian plate form a transform boundary
A) false
B) true
  • 23. The Himalayan continue to get taller
A) true
B) false
  • 24. There is no evidence that Pangaea ever existed
A) false
B) true
  • 25. The discovery of _____________ lead to the Theory of Plate Tectonics
A) Mountain ranges
B) Seafloor Spreading
C) The continents
D) The Earth's Core
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