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PLATE TECTONICS
Contributed by: Avelino
(Original author: Lomas)
  • 1. 1. Which of the following is the innermost layer of the Earth?
A) Mantle
B) Crust
C) Inner Core
D) Outer Core
  • 2. 2. Which of the following best describes the location of the mantle?
A) Above the crust
B) Between the crust and the core
C) Between the crust and the lithosphere
D) Beneath the core
  • 3. 3. What is the Lithosphere?
A) The whole mantle
B) The outer core and crust.
C) The crust and upper mantle
D) The inner and outer core.
  • 4. 4. What is oceanic crust?
A) Plates below the oceans
B) Plates below the core
C) Plates below the continents
D) Plates below the mantle
  • 5. 5. What is the Continental crust?
A) Plates below the mantle
B) Plates below the continents
C) Plates below the core
D) Plates below the ocean
  • 6. 6. What are convergent boundaries?
A) Plates that are separating towards each other
B) None of the above
C) Plates that are colliding with each other
D) Plates that are sliding past each other
  • 7. What landforms are formed at convergent boundaries?
A) Volcanoes
B) Mountains
C) Trenches
D) All of the above
  • 8. 8. What landform are formed when transform boundaries occur?
A) Mountains
B) Volcanoes
C) Earthquakes
D) Trenches
  • 9. 9. Which of the following countries lies along the Ring of Fire?
A) Norway
B) Philippines
C) Iran
D) South Africa
  • 10. 10. What is the underlying force that drives plate tectonics?
A) Ocean tides
B) Convection currents
C) Volcanic eruptions
D) The rock cycle
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