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Plates and Plate Boundaries
Contributed by: Trieu
(Original author: Carlson)
  • 1. Name the plate labelled with the letter B.
A) Nazca Plate
B) North American Plate
C) South American Plate
D) Pacific Plate
E) Eurasian Plate
  • 2. Name the plate labelled with the letter D.
A) Eurasian Plate
B) Pacific Plate
C) North American Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) South American Plate
  • 3. Name the plate labelled with the letter F.
A) African Plate
B) Pacific Plate
C) Indo-Australian Plate
D) South American Plate
E) Nazca Plate
  • 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
  • 5. Name the plate labelled with the letter I.
A) South American Plate
B) Antarctic Plate
C) African Plate
D) Eurasian Plate
E) North American Plate
  • 6. Name the plate labelled with the letter J.
A) Indo-Australian Plate
B) Antarctic Plate
C) Nazca Plate
D) South American Plate
E) Eurasian 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) Indo-Australian Plate
C) Antarctic Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) Eurasian 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) transform boundary
B) convergent boundary
C) divergent boundary
  • 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) inner core
C) lithosphere
D) outer core
  • 13. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is what kind of boundary
A) transform
B) convergent
C) submergent
D) divergent
  • 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) ocean currents
B) convection currents
C) air currents
D) current events
  • 16. Alfred Wegener is known for developing what scientific theory?
A) The Big Bang Theory
B) Theory of Plate Tectonics
C) Trench Theory
D) Theory of Continental Drift
  • 17. If the mantle cooled and convection currents stopped moving...
A) volcanoes would erupt
B) All of these
C) earthquakes would shake the crust
D) The plates would stop moving
  • 18. Converging boundaries create
A) new sea floor
B) fossils
C) bassalt
D) mountains
  • 19. The Earth is believed to be _____ years old.
A) 4.5 thousand
B) 4.5 million
C) 14 billion
D) 4.5 billion
  • 20. Oceanic crust is formed by seafloor spreading
A) false
B) true
  • 21. The Mid-Atlantic is closest to ________
A) The Pacific Plate
B) California
C) India
D) Maine
  • 22. The Indian Plate and the Eurasian plate form a transform boundary
A) true
B) false
  • 23. The Himalayan continue to get taller
A) true
B) false
  • 24. There is no evidence that Pangaea ever existed
A) true
B) false
  • 25. The discovery of _____________ lead to the Theory of Plate Tectonics
A) The continents
B) The Earth's Core
C) Seafloor Spreading
D) Mountain ranges
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