What are tectonic plates?

Plate Tectonics Quiz

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Dottie Jene Cupit
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Large pieces of the Lithosphere that move on top of the Asthenosphere
The upper layer of Earth's mantle below the Lithosphere
The process by which new oceanic crust forms
The single huge supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the Asthenosphere?
The layer made up of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle
The upper layer of Earth's mantle below the Lithosphere
Where two plates divide
Where two plates slide
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the Lithosphere?
The process by which new oceanic crust forms
The layer made up of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle
Where two plates collide
When one tectonic plate sinks below another
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is Continental Drift?
The process by which new oceanic crust forms
The theory that all of Earth's continents were once joined together
Where two plates slide
When one tectonic plate sinks below another
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was Pangaea?
The process by which new oceanic crust forms
The single huge supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
Where two plates divide
When one tectonic plate sinks below another
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens at Divergent Plate Boundaries?
Two plates collide
Two plates slide
Two plates divide
One tectonic plate sinks below another
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens at Convergent Plate Boundaries?
Two plates collide
Two plates slide
Two plates divide
New oceanic crust forms
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