Plate Tectonics

Question 1

What causes the tectonic plates of Earth to continually move?

Accepted Answer

convection currents in the mantle

Question 2

What are the main types of tectonic plate movement?

Accepted Answer

convergent, divergent, and transform

Question 3

Identify the tectonic plate represented by the label E.

Accepted Answer

African Plate

Question 4

__________ is the densest type of crust and can sink back into the mantle when it slides under another plate.

Accepted Answer

Oceanic crust

Question 5

Identify the tectonic plate labeled B on the map.

Accepted Answer

North American Plate

Question 6

At mid-ocean ridges, new ______ is created

Accepted Answer

crust

Question 7

Divergent tectonic plate boundaries most commonly form

Accepted Answer

ocean ridges.

Question 8

The theory of plate tectonics provides the current explanation for the way in which

Accepted Answer

Continents move

Question 9

Which tectonic plate shown on the map is the South American plate?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 10

The type of tectonic plate boundary involving a collision between two tectonic plates is

Accepted Answer

convergent

Question 11

Which of these best explains how tectonic-plate movement causes the formation of mountain ranges?

Accepted Answer

Convection currents in the mantle force two plates to collide.

Question 12

The oldest oceanic crust would be found in which location?

Accepted Answer

At a deep sea trench

Question 13

Divergent tectonic plate boundaries most commonly form

Accepted Answer

ocean ridges.

Question 14

Transform boundaries are when two plates slide side by side, what type of geological events are found at the boundary?

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

Question 15

This map shows the borders of Earth’s major tectonic plates. Which plate is directly south of the African Plate?

Accepted Answer

Antarctic Plate

Question 16

On the map, which tectonic plate is the Indo-Australian Plate?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 17

Major geological events like volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, or mountain formations are MOST likely to occur

Accepted Answer

at the boundary of two tectonic plates.

Question 18

On the map of Earth's tectonic plates, which plate is labeled A?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Plate

Question 19

What is the Ring of Fire?

Accepted Answer

a belt of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean

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