Plate Tect Theory and Landforms Quiz

What usually occurs at a transform plate boundary?

• Creation of mid-ocean ridges

• Formation of volcanic islands

• Intense earthquake activity

• Subduction of tectonic plates

What forms as a result of a continental-continental (C-C) convergent plate boundary?

• Submarine volcanoes

• Rift valleys

• Fold mountains

• Oceanic trenches

What typically occurs at a continental-continental (C-C) divergent plate boundary?

• Formation of oceanic trenches

• Creation of fold mountains

• Formation of rift valleys

• Development of crescent chain of volcanoes

Which phenomenon is most directly associated with transform plate boundaries?

• Formation of rift valleys

• Creation of fold mountains

• Earthquakes

• Development of oceanic trenches

Where is the asthenosphere located in a cross-section of the Earth?

• Above the lithosphere

• Below the lithosphere

• Within the core

• Within the crust

What is a common occurrence at continental-continental (C-C) divergent boundaries?

• Earthquakes and volcanic activity

• Oceanic trenches

• Fold mountains

• Submarine volcanoes

Which of the following statements best describes the plate tectonics theory?

• Plates are stationary and the Earth's surface does not change.

• Plates move due to the rotation of the Earth.

• Plates move because of convection currents in the mantle.

• Plates move due to the gravitational pull of the moon.

Which layer of the Earth is divided into tectonic plates?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

Which of the following correctly describes the difference between continental and oceanic crusts?

• Continental crusts is denser and thicker than oceanic crusts.

• Continental crusts is less dense and thicker than oceanic crusts.

• Continental crusts is denser and thinner than oceanic crusts.

• Continental crusts is less dense and thinner than oceanic crusts.

Which feature is characteristic of an oceanic-oceanic (O-O) convergent plate boundary?

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Subduction zones

• Parallel faults

• Rift valleys