Plates and Plate Boundaries - Quiz
plates
  • 1. Name the plate labelled with the letter B.
A) Pacific Plate
B) North American Plate
C) Nazca Plate
D) South American Plate
E) Eurasian Plate
plates
  • 2. Name the plate labelled with the letter D.
A) South American Plate
B) Nazca Plate
C) Eurasian Plate
D) North American Plate
E) Pacific Plate
plates
  • 3. Name the plate labelled with the letter F.
A) Indo-Australian Plate
B) Pacific Plate
C) Nazca 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) Nazca Plate
D) Indo-Australian Plate
E) Eurasian Plate
plates
  • 5. Name the plate labelled with the letter I.
A) Eurasian Plate
B) African Plate
C) North American Plate
D) South American Plate
E) Antarctic Plate
plates
  • 6. Name the plate labelled with the letter J.
A) Eurasian Plate
B) South American Plate
C) Nazca Plate
D) Indo-Australian Plate
E) Antarctic Plate
plates
  • 7. Name the plate labelled with the letter L.
A) North American Plate
B) African Plate
C) Nazca Plate
D) Antarctic Plate
E) Indo-Australian Plate
plates
  • 8. Name the plate labelled with the letter N.
A) Indo-Australian Plate
B) Nazca Plate
C) Antarctic Plate
D) South American Plate
E) Eurasian Plate
boundaries convergent
  • 9. The boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates
A) convergent boundary
B) divergent boundary
C) transform boundary
boundaries transform
  • 10. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
A) divergent boundary
B) transform boundary
C) convergent boundary
boundaries divergent
  • 11. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
A) convergent boundary
B) divergent boundary
C) transform boundary
  • 12. The lithosphere is divided into sections called:
A) crust pieces
B) tectonic plates
C) asthenosphere
D) tiles
  • 13. The continents once formed a single landmass called:
A) Laurasia
B) Pangaea
C) Africa
D) Gondwana
  • 14. The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
A) inner core
B) lithosphere
C) outer core
D) asthenosphere
  • 15. The purpose of the Milky Way lab was to:
A) All of the these
B) demonstrate how the asthenosphere is similar to the caramel
C) demonstrate how the lithosphere is similar to the chocolate
D) demonstrate the landforms that could be formed at different plate boundaries
E) introduce the different types of plate boundaries
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