Plate Tectonics Quiz

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

• Subduction boundaries, collision boundaries, and sliding boundaries

• Tectonic boundaries, fault boundaries, and rift boundaries

• Oceanic boundaries, continental boundaries, and island boundaries

• Divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries, and transform boundaries

What is the main evidence for plate tectonics?

What process occurs at a divergent plate boundary?

• Continental drift

• Seafloor spreading

• Subduction

• Mountain formation

What happens at a subduction zone?

• Two tectonic plates slide past each other and cause earthquakes

• Two tectonic plates move apart and create a rift valley

• Two tectonic plates collide and form a mountain range

• One tectonic plate is forced underneath another plate

Which type of plate boundary is associated with strong earthquakes?

• subduction boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

What is seafloor spreading?

• The process of forming new oceanic crust through volcanic activity and its movement away from the mid-ocean ridge.

• The process of forming new oceanic crust through volcanic activity and its movement towards the continental shelf.

• The process of forming new oceanic crust through tectonic activity and its movement towards the mid-ocean ridge.

• The process of forming new landmasses through volcanic activity and its movement towards the mid-ocean ridge.

What is the name for the process of one tectonic plate sliding under another?

• collision

• convection

• divergence

• subduction

What is the process of forming new oceanic crust through volcanic activity and its movement towards the mid-ocean ridge?

• subduction

• continental drift

• seafloor spreading

• oceanic formation

What type of plate boundary is associated with the formation of fold mountains?

• subduction

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

What causes the movement of tectonic plates?

• Friction between the Earth's crust and the mantle

• Convection currents in the Earth's mantle

• Gravity pulling the plates apart

• Volcanic eruptions pushing the plates