Tectonic Plates

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plate Boundary

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun

• Magnetic Pole Reversal

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Faults in Mountain Ranges

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart

• Come together

• Slide past each other

• subducting

Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?

• Fossils

• Rock types

• Glacier movement

• Sand Erosion

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

Which layer has convection currents?

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Crust

Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

• At plate boundaries

• in oceans

• in the middle of continents

• in the middle of plates

Which of the following are evidence for continental drift?

• coastlines fitting together

• volcanoes

• earthquakes

• fossils

• ancient coral reefs

Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide

• Two oceanic plates pull apart

• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

• Two continental plates pull apart

During sea floor spreading, magma rises up from the mantle...

• along the continents

• at the mid ocean ridges

• deep ocean trenches

• at north and south poles