Earth's Structure and Tectonic Plates Quiz

What are the three main layers of the Earth?

• rock, soil, and magma

• surface, middle, and center

• crust, mantle, and core

• atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere

Which layer of the Earth is made up of solid iron and nickel?

• Mantle

• Inner core

• Crust

• Outer core

What are the two types of tectonic plates?

• Pacific plates and Atlantic plates

• Eastern plates and Western plates

• Northern plates and Southern plates

• Oceanic plates and continental plates

Which type of tectonic plate is denser and heavier?

• Continental plate

• Oceanic plate

• Sedimentary plate

• Magma plate

What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other?

• Subduction boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Convergent boundary

What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally?

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Subduction boundary

• Transform boundary

What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates collide and one is forced beneath the other?

• Subduction boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

What is the name of the boundary where an oceanic plate is forced beneath a continental plate?

• Subduction zone

• Divergence zone

• Convergence zone

• Collision zone

What is the name of the boundary where two continental plates collide and push upwards to form mountains?

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Subduction boundary

What is the name of the boundary where two tectonic plates grind past each other without creating or destroying lithosphere?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction boundary