Plate Tectonics Check

Name the scientist responsible for the continental drift hypothesis.

• Alfred Wegener

• Albert Einstein

• Bill Nye

• Neil Degrasse Tyson

Match the following

• Continental Oceanic Convergent

• The plate boundary responsible for creating new seafloor

• Oceanic Oceanic Convergent

• The plate boundary responsible for creating Mountains

• Continental Continental Convergent

• The plate boundary responsible for creating Volcanoes

• Transform

• The plate boundary responsible for creating Island Volcano Chains (Japan)

• Divergent

• The plate boundary responsible for creating earthquakes in California

T or F: Lithospheric plates move on top of the Hotspot creating Volcanic Islands

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a compositional layer of earth?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

• Asthenosphere

Reorder the following layers from surface (1), to core (5)

• Asthenosphere

• Outer Core

• Lithosphere

• Mesosphere

• Inner Core

Which of the following layers is responsible for all magnetic activity on earth

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

Match the following

• Seafloor Spreading

• The hypothesis that the continents all once fit together in one Supercontinent

• Mantle Convection

• The theory that states that the earth is consistent of plates that are in constant motion

• Plate Tectonics

• The phenomena that creates new seafloor

• Continental Drift

• occurs when new magma rises to the surface, “pushing” older crust to the side as it rises

• Ridge Push

• the constant circulation of magma, this circulation is similar to air mass circulation

Name the boundary that involves two plates colliding 

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Name the boundary that involves two plates seperating

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Name the boundary that involves two plates moving side by side

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform