Plate Tectonics

Rift valleys are caused at this type of plate boundary.

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Convergent (Collision) Boundary

• Convergent (Subduction) Boundary

Trenches form alongside subduction zones at this type of plate boundary.

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

Earthquakes can be caused by only one type of plate boundary.

• True

• False

What is the theory of plate tectonics?

• The theory that describes how Earth's outer layers is broken up into moving tectonic plates

• Tectonic plates stay in one place

• All of the continents were once apart of a Super Continent called Panthalassa

• All of the plates were once a solid plate until they broke up and moved to their current position

Which below is a possible cause of tectonic plate motion?

• ocean tides

• the sun

• convection currents

• current weather patterns

The German meteorologist who came up with the continental drift theory is?

• Albert Einstein

• Marie Currie

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

When tectonic plates collide into one another, which type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

When tectonic plates move away from each other, this boundary is:

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

When a continental plate collides with another continental plate (plates with same densities push up on each other) what type of landform will be created?

• mid ocean ridges

• mountain ranges

• islands

• deep see trenches

When oceanic plate and continental plate collide and subduction occurs, what type of landform will be created?

• mid ocean ridges

• ocean trenches

• islands

• earthquakes