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