Plates and Plate Boundaries
plates
  • 1. Name the plate labelled with the letter B.
A) Eurasian Plate
B) North American Plate
C) South American Plate
D) Pacific Plate
E) Nazca Plate
plates
  • 2. Name the plate labelled with the letter D.
A) South American Plate
B) North American Plate
C) Pacific Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) Eurasian Plate
plates
  • 3. Name the plate labelled with the letter F.
A) Nazca Plate
B) Pacific Plate
C) Indo-Australian Plate
D) African Plate
E) South American Plate
plates
  • 4. Name the plate labelled with the letter G.
A) South American Plate
B) Eurasian Plate
C) Nazca Plate
D) Indo-Australian Plate
E) Antarctic Plate
plates
  • 5. Name the plate labelled with the letter I.
A) North American Plate
B) Antarctic Plate
C) African Plate
D) South American Plate
E) Eurasian Plate
plates
  • 6. Name the plate labelled with the letter J.
A) Indo-Australian Plate
B) Eurasian Plate
C) Nazca Plate
D) South American Plate
E) Antarctic Plate
plates
  • 7. Name the plate labelled with the letter L.
A) Antarctic Plate
B) Indo-Australian Plate
C) African Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) North American Plate
plates
  • 8. Name the plate labelled with the letter N.
A) Antarctic Plate
B) Nazca Plate
C) Eurasian Plate
D) Indo-Australian Plate
E) South American 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) divergent boundary
B) convergent boundary
C) transform boundary
boundaries divergent
  • 11. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
A) divergent boundary
B) transform boundary
C) convergent boundary
  • 12. The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
A) outer core
B) lithosphere
C) inner core
D) asthenosphere
  • 13. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is what kind of boundary
A) convergent
B) submergent
C) divergent
D) transform
  • 14. An example of transform boundary can be found between the
A) Indian and Eurasian Plates
B) Pacific and North American plates
C) African and South American Plates
  • 15. What pushes the plates in different directions
A) ocean currents
B) air currents
C) current events
D) convection currents
  • 16. Alfred Wegener is known for developing what scientific theory?
A) Trench Theory
B) The Big Bang Theory
C) Theory of Continental Drift
D) Theory of Plate Tectonics
  • 17. If the mantle cooled and convection currents stopped moving...
A) All of these
B) volcanoes would erupt
C) The plates would stop moving
D) earthquakes would shake the crust
  • 18. Converging boundaries create
A) bassalt
B) fossils
C) mountains
D) new sea floor
  • 19. The Earth is believed to be _____ years old.
A) 4.5 billion
B) 4.5 thousand
C) 14 billion
D) 4.5 million
  • 20. Oceanic crust is formed by seafloor spreading
A) true
B) false
  • 21. The Mid-Atlantic is closest to ________
A) India
B) The Pacific Plate
C) California
D) Maine
  • 22. The Indian Plate and the Eurasian plate form a transform boundary
A) false
B) true
  • 23. The Himalayan continue to get taller
A) false
B) true
  • 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) The Earth's Core
B) The continents
C) Mountain ranges
D) Seafloor Spreading
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