Plate Tectonics

It is most common for a ________________ to form at divergent plate boundaries.

• mid-ocean ridge and new ocean basin

• giant hole

• earthquake

• tornado

A tectonic plate is a giant piece of the Earth's

• lithosphere that moves

• lithosphere that stays in place

• lower mantle

• outer core

The lithosphere is the

• outer and inner core

• crust and outer core

• outer mantle and the crust

• outer mantle and the inner core

A famous _________________ plate boundary is found in the Himalayan mountains.

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• diuretic

The divergent plate boundary found in the Atlantic Ocean is creating

• an underwater mountain chain

• islands

• massive earthquakes

• hurricanes

A famous _________________ plate boundary is found in California and is called the San Andreas Fault.

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• flatulent

The area where two plates slide past each other is called a ______________ plate boundary.

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• plate tectonics

_________________ is the slow movement of the mantle that causes the plates to move.

• Convection

• Constipation

• Radiation

• Conduction

It is most common for a ________________ to occur at transform plate boundaries.

• mountain

• earthquake

• mid-ocean ridge

• volcano

A famous _________________ plate boundary is found in the Atlantic Ocean.

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• incontinent