Plates and Plate Boundaries
  • 1. Name the plate labelled with the letter B.
A) South American Plate
B) Pacific Plate
C) Eurasian Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) North American Plate
  • 2. Name the plate labelled with the letter D.
A) North American Plate
B) Pacific Plate
C) South American Plate
D) Eurasian Plate
E) Nazca Plate
  • 3. Name the plate labelled with the letter F.
A) Indo-Australian Plate
B) South American Plate
C) African Plate
D) Pacific Plate
E) Nazca Plate
  • 4. Name the plate labelled with the letter G.
A) Indo-Australian Plate
B) South American Plate
C) Antarctic Plate
D) Eurasian Plate
E) Nazca Plate
  • 5. Name the plate labelled with the letter I.
A) Eurasian Plate
B) South American Plate
C) Antarctic Plate
D) North American Plate
E) African Plate
  • 6. Name the plate labelled with the letter J.
A) Antarctic Plate
B) Indo-Australian Plate
C) Eurasian Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) South American Plate
  • 7. Name the plate labelled with the letter L.
A) North American Plate
B) Indo-Australian Plate
C) Antarctic Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) African Plate
  • 8. Name the plate labelled with the letter N.
A) Antarctic Plate
B) Nazca Plate
C) Indo-Australian Plate
D) Eurasian Plate
E) South American Plate
  • 9. The boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates
A) divergent boundary
B) convergent boundary
C) transform boundary
  • 10. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
A) convergent boundary
B) divergent boundary
C) transform boundary
  • 11. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
A) convergent boundary
B) divergent boundary
C) transform boundary
  • 12. The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
A) inner core
B) lithosphere
C) outer core
D) asthenosphere
  • 13. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is what kind of boundary
A) transform
B) convergent
C) submergent
D) divergent
  • 14. An example of transform boundary can be found between the
A) African and South American Plates
B) Indian and Eurasian Plates
C) Pacific and North American plates
  • 15. What pushes the plates in different directions
A) ocean currents
B) air currents
C) convection currents
D) current events
  • 16. Alfred Wegener is known for developing what scientific theory?
A) The Big Bang Theory
B) Trench Theory
C) Theory of Continental Drift
D) Theory of Plate Tectonics
  • 17. If the mantle cooled and convection currents stopped moving...
A) The plates would stop moving
B) earthquakes would shake the crust
C) volcanoes would erupt
D) All of these
  • 18. Converging boundaries create
A) mountains
B) bassalt
C) new sea floor
D) fossils
  • 19. The Earth is believed to be _____ years old.
A) 14 billion
B) 4.5 thousand
C) 4.5 billion
D) 4.5 million
  • 20. Oceanic crust is formed by seafloor spreading
A) false
B) true
  • 21. The Mid-Atlantic is closest to ________
A) California
B) The Pacific Plate
C) India
D) Maine
  • 22. The Indian Plate and the Eurasian plate form a transform boundary
A) false
B) true
  • 23. The Himalayan continue to get taller
A) true
B) false
  • 24. There is no evidence that Pangaea ever existed
A) false
B) true
  • 25. The discovery of _____________ lead to the Theory of Plate Tectonics
A) Seafloor Spreading
B) Mountain ranges
C) The continents
D) The Earth's Core
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