Plates and Plate Boundaries

1. Name the plate labelled with the letter B.

A) Eurasian Plate
B) South American Plate
C) Nazca Plate
D) Pacific Plate
E) North American Plate

2. Name the plate labelled with the letter D.

A) Pacific Plate
B) South American Plate
C) Eurasian Plate
D) North American Plate
E) Nazca Plate

3. Name the plate labelled with the letter F.

A) Pacific Plate
B) Nazca Plate
C) Indo-Australian Plate
D) African Plate
E) South American Plate

4. Name the plate labelled with the letter G.

A) Antarctic Plate
B) Nazca Plate
C) Indo-Australian Plate
D) Eurasian Plate
E) South American Plate

5. Name the plate labelled with the letter I.

A) African Plate
B) Antarctic Plate
C) Eurasian Plate
D) South American Plate
E) North American Plate

6. Name the plate labelled with the letter J.

A) South American Plate
B) Indo-Australian Plate
C) Antarctic Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) Eurasian Plate

7. Name the plate labelled with the letter L.

A) Antarctic Plate
B) Indo-Australian Plate
C) African Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) North American Plate

8. Name the plate labelled with the letter N.

A) Indo-Australian Plate
B) Eurasian Plate
C) Antarctic Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) South American Plate

9. The boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates

A) transform boundary
B) convergent boundary
C) divergent boundary

10. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally

A) divergent boundary
B) transform boundary
C) convergent boundary

11. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other

A) transform boundary
B) convergent boundary
C) divergent boundary

12. The lithosphere is divided into sections called:

A) crust pieces
B) tectonic plates
C) asthenosphere
D) tiles

13. The continents once formed a single landmass called:

A) Pangaea
B) Gondwana
C) Africa
D) Laurasia

14. The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle

A) asthenosphere
B) outer core
C) inner core
D) lithosphere

15. The purpose of the Milky Way lab was to:

A) introduce the different types of plate boundaries
B) demonstrate the landforms that could be formed at different plate boundaries
C) demonstrate how the asthenosphere is similar to the caramel
D) All of the these
E) demonstrate how the lithosphere is similar to the chocolate

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