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