Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Test

Which type of plate boundary is when two plates slide past each other? Earthquakes and faults occur at this boundary.

• transform boundary
• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary

As the plates move, collide, or pull apart it produces great changes to the Earth's surface (like volcanoes, earthquakes, mountain ranges, valleys, and deep sea trenches).

• True
• False

Which type of crust is thicker and contains granite?

• oceanic crust
• continental crust
• colder crust

Which layer of the Earth has the lowest temperature?

• outer core
• inner core
• crust
• mantle

Which layer of the Earth is the thickest?

• crust
• mantle
• inner core
• outer core

Which type of crust is thinner and contains basalt?

• oceanic crust
• continental crust
• older crust

What forms underwater at divergent plate boundaries? These are areas where new oceanic crust is formed.

• continental shelves
• mid-ocean ridges
• abyssal plains

What is it called when one tectonic plate goes under another?

• sea floor spreading
• earthquakes
• subduction

What do we call the theory that the continents were once joined as one large, single land mass?

• plate tectonics
• Big Bang
• continental drift

Which theory states that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on the asthenosphere?

• continental drift
• plate tectonics
• Big Bang