Plate Motion - Unit Test 2025

Front

What best describes Earth's outer layer?

Back

Earth's outer layer is made up of hard, solid rock.

Front

Which statement best describes Earth's mantle?

Back

Earth's mantle is made up of a soft solid rock.

Front

Earth's plates are a __________ solid material. Earth's mantle is a ________ solid material.

Back

Hard; soft

Front

The motion of plates at convergent boundaries is...

Back

Moving towards each other

Front

The movement of plates at divergent boundaries is...

Back

Moving apart in different directions

Front

In Science, what does rate mean?

Back

how often or fast something happens

Front

Rifting is....

Back

the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement.

Front

Earth's _________ is the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates.

Back

mantle

Front

The many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth are called...

Back

volcanic activity

Front

What did Wegener claim about the continents (plates)?

Back

move, and at one time formed one continent.