Test - Geography - Grade 10 - Tectonic activity

The region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary, usually between continental and oceanic plates

• subduction zone

• lava zone

• nitrogen zone

• continental zone

Where two plates are moving apart, magma comes up to create new crust

• ridge

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• plate boundary

Circular currents in the mantle caused by the magma being heated by the core off the Earth.

• convection currents

• lava

• magma

• hot air

Proposed by Alfred Wegener, that the continents were once joined together and have since drifted apart

• theory of plate tectonics

• tectonic plates

• plate boundary

• theory of continental drift

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

___________, meaning "all land," is the name of the great landmass that existed millions of years ago.

• lithosphere

• Pangaea

• subduction zone

• tectonic

• Wegener

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake
• Volcano Eruption
• Tornado
• Mountain Building

The area around the Pacific Ocean with the biggest number of Earthquakes and active volcanoes is called?

• death ring

• fire zone

• ring of fire

• zone of fire