Geology Quiz!

Question 1

This mountain range was formed from the collision of the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate.

Accepted Answer

Himalayan

Question 2

What Is Number Two?

Accepted Answer

Continental Crust

Question 3

When two continental plates collide large __________ will usually form.

Accepted Answer

Mountains

Question 4

What Is Number Five?

Accepted Answer

Inner Core

Question 5

What Is Number Four?

Accepted Answer

Lithosphere

Question 6

Who came up with the theory of plate tectonics?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

Question 7

What Is Number Six?

Accepted Answer

Asthenosphere

Question 8

At a _____ plate boundary new crust is created as two or more plates pull away from each other.

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Question 9

What Is Number Eight?

Accepted Answer

Mantle

Question 10

When oceanic plates collide with continental plates, a ______ will form between the two plates.

Accepted Answer

trench

Question 11

On our planet, oceanic plates collide with other __________ plates.

Accepted Answer

Oceanic

Question 12

Transform boundaries (faults) cause __________.

Accepted Answer

Earthquakes

Question 13

Divergent boundaries can create new ________.

Accepted Answer

Seafloor

Question 14

What Is Number Three?

Accepted Answer

Mantle

Question 15

The San Andreas Fault in California is a __________ plate boundary.

Accepted Answer

Transform

Question 16

When tectonic plates slide past each other a __________ is formed.

Accepted Answer

Fault

Question 17

What is number one?

Accepted Answer

Outer Core

Question 18

________ can be created or grow wider where plates diverge or pull apart.

Accepted Answer

Oceans

Question 19

Convergent boundaries can form underwater __________ ranges.

Accepted Answer

Mountain

Question 20

What Is Number Seven?

Accepted Answer

Oceanic Crust

Questions 20