Plates and Plate Boundaries

1. Name the plate labelled with the letter B.

A) Nazca Plate
B) Eurasian Plate
C) Pacific Plate
D) North American Plate
E) South American Plate

2. Name the plate labelled with the letter D.

A) North American Plate
B) Nazca Plate
C) Eurasian Plate
D) Pacific Plate
E) South American Plate

3. Name the plate labelled with the letter F.

A) South American Plate
B) Nazca Plate
C) Indo-Australian Plate
D) African Plate
E) Pacific Plate

4. Name the plate labelled with the letter G.

A) Antarctic Plate
B) Eurasian Plate
C) South American Plate
D) Indo-Australian Plate
E) Nazca Plate

5. Name the plate labelled with the letter I.

A) Antarctic Plate
B) Eurasian Plate
C) African Plate
D) South American Plate
E) North American Plate

6. Name the plate labelled with the letter J.

A) Eurasian Plate
B) Antarctic Plate
C) Nazca Plate
D) South American Plate
E) Indo-Australian Plate

7. Name the plate labelled with the letter L.

A) Indo-Australian Plate
B) Nazca Plate
C) African Plate
D) North American Plate
E) Antarctic Plate

8. Name the plate labelled with the letter N.

A) Indo-Australian Plate
B) Nazca Plate
C) Eurasian Plate
D) South American Plate
E) Antarctic Plate

9. The boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates

A) divergent boundary
B) convergent boundary
C) transform boundary

10. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally

A) divergent boundary
B) transform boundary
C) convergent boundary

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 lithosphere is divided into sections called:

A) crust pieces
B) asthenosphere
C) tiles
D) tectonic plates

13. The continents once formed a single landmass called:

A) Africa
B) Laurasia
C) Pangaea
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) outer core
B) inner core
C) lithosphere
D) asthenosphere

15. The purpose of the Milky Way lab was to:

A) demonstrate how the lithosphere is similar to the chocolate
B) demonstrate how the asthenosphere is similar to the caramel
C) All of the these
D) demonstrate the landforms that could be formed at different plate boundaries
E) introduce the different types of plate boundaries

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