Plate Tectonics Quiz

A large layer of solid rock that covers part of the surface of the Earth; movement of tectonic plates can cause earthquakes

• convection current

• continental shelf

• mid-ocean ridge

• tectonic plate

The theory that the middle of the ocean is spreading apart, forming new oceanic crust

• transforming boundary

• plate tectonics

• sea-floor spreading

The theory that the surface of the Earth consists of pieces, known as plates, that are continually moving

• convection current

• plate tectonics

• sea-floor spreading

• convection

The current or flow of air or liquid that results from the transfer of thermal energy by convection.

• converging boundary

• convection

• continental drift

• convection current

Crust

• the centre of the Earth

• the layer of molten rock beneath the Earth’s crust

• semiliquid rock beneath the Earth's surface

• the lithosphere, or outer layer of the Earth

The centre of the Earth

• convection

• mantle

• core

• crust

tsunami

• a series of large waves that result from an underwater earthquake

• the layer of molten rock beneath the Earth’s crust

• the movement of one tectonic plate under another tectonic plate

• a series of underwater mountains that form as a result of tectonic plates moving apart and allowing magma to rise to the surface

transforming boundary

• the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving together

• the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving apart

• the boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other

• a fracture in rock where the tectonic plates have moved

a deep ditch under the ocean along a tectonic plate boundary

• mid-ocean ridge

• continental shelf

• ocean trench

• rift valley

mid-ocean ridge

• a series of large waves that result from an underwater earthquake

• a series of underwater mountains that form as a result of tectonic plates moving apart and allowing magma to rise to the surface

• a deep ditch under the ocean along a tectonic plate boundary

• a large layer of solid rock that covers part of the surface of the Earth; movement of tectonic plates can cause earthquakes