Plates and Plate Boundaries

1. Name the plate labelled with the letter B.

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

2. Name the plate labelled with the letter D.

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

3. Name the plate labelled with the letter F.

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

4. Name the plate labelled with the letter G.

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

5. Name the plate labelled with the letter I.

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

6. Name the plate labelled with the letter J.

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

7. Name the plate labelled with the letter L.

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

8. Name the plate labelled with the letter N.

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

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

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

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

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

11. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other

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

12. The lithosphere is divided into sections called:

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

13. The continents once formed a single landmass called:

A) Gondwana
B) Africa
C) Pangaea
D) Laurasia

14. 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

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

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

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