Plate Tectonics Quiz

Plates move apart at boundaries.

• convergent

• stable

• divergent

• transform

Plates slide past each other at .

• subduction zone

• divergent boundary

• convection current

• transform fault boundary

The boundary between two plates moving toward each other is called a .

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• lithosphere

• convergent boundary

Seafloor spreading is located at .

• transform plate boundary

• convergent plate boundary

• divergent plate boundary

• Indian plate

Plate Tectonic Theory states that continents have moved to their current location.

• vertically

• horizontally

• quickly

• slowly

The East African Rift is an example of a .

• mid-ocean ridge

• convergent boundary

• rift valley

• transform boundary

The Himalayan mountain range of India was formed at the .

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• hot spot

• transform boundary

Philippine plate moves toward .

• Australian plate

• Arabian plate

• Antarctic plate

• Eurasian plate

The is an example of a transform fault boundary.

• Appalachian Mountains

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• San Andreas Fault

• Himalayas

This is the type of plate boundary that occurs between the African Plate and the Arabian Plate.

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary

• convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary