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