PLATE TECTONICS
  • 1. 1. Which of the following is the innermost layer of the Earth?
A) Mantle
B) Inner Core
C) Crust
D) Outer Core
  • 2. 2. Which of the following best describes the location of the mantle?
A) Between the crust and the core
B) Beneath the core
C) Above the crust
D) Between the crust and the lithosphere
  • 3. 3. What is the Lithosphere?
A) The outer core and crust.
B) The whole mantle
C) The crust and upper mantle
D) The inner and outer core.
  • 4. 4. What is oceanic crust?
A) Plates below the mantle
B) Plates below the oceans
C) Plates below the continents
D) Plates below the core
  • 5. 5. What is the Continental crust?
A) Plates below the continents
B) Plates below the mantle
C) Plates below the ocean
D) Plates below the core
  • 6. 6. What are convergent boundaries?
A) Plates that are separating towards each other
B) None of the above
C) Plates that are sliding past each other
D) Plates that are colliding with each other
  • 7. What landforms are formed at convergent boundaries?
A) Mountains
B) Volcanoes
C) All of the above
D) Trenches
  • 8. 8. What landform are formed when transform boundaries occur?
A) Trenches
B) Volcanoes
C) Mountains
D) Earthquakes
  • 9. 9. Which of the following countries lies along the Ring of Fire?
A) South Africa
B) Philippines
C) Iran
D) Norway
  • 10. 10. What is the underlying force that drives plate tectonics?
A) The rock cycle
B) Volcanic eruptions
C) Ocean tides
D) Convection currents
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