tectonic plates

Describe the most likely relationship between these mountains and nearby tectonic plates.

• The mountains are probably formed by earthquakes

• The mountains are probably formed by the movement of glaciers

• The mountains are probably located near the edge of 2 tectonic plates.

• The mountains are probably formed by running water.

Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle

• tectonic plates

• North American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• African Plate

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Greenland, North America, Siberia, and the surrounding oceanic crust.

• tectonic plates

• African Plate

• North American Plate

• South American Plate

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including most of the landmasses of Europe and Asia.

• South American Plate

• North American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• African Plate

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of South America and the oceanic crust extending to the Mid-Atlantic ridge.

• North American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• African Plate

• South American Plate

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of India and Australia and the surrounding oceanic crust.

• Pacific Plate

• Antarctic Plate

• Indo-Australian Plate

• African Plate

The ______ is the layer of the Earth under the crust.

• core
• mantle
• magma
• none of the above

Which of these is NOT a type of plate boundary?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Bivergent
• Transform

Which of these is NOT a type of plate boundary?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Bivergent
• Transform

This is the process of warm liquids rising while cooler liquids sink.

• Convection
• Subduction
• Boiling
• Uplift