Most earthquakes are caused by

sudden movement of rock along faults

Which of the following is true?

Continents move with their plate.

In the Plate Tectonics theory, the lithosphere is divided into

seven major plates and several smaller plates

How do earth's plates move?

convection currents in the asthenosphere

In the plate tectonic theory, a plate can be made of

both oceanic and continental lithosphere

studbud

Plate Tectonics

17 termsStudBud Administration1,219 plays

Plate boundaries, Pacific Ring of Fire

Flashcards17 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 17

Answers

1
The cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking is called a
convection current
conduction
convergent boundary
subduction zone
2
Which plate does a large portion of the U.S. sit upon?
Pacific Plate
South American Plate
North American Plate
African Plate
3
What kind of plate boundary occurs without destroying or producing lithosphere?
hot spots
transform boundary
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
4
The Hawaiian islands are not formed along plate boundaries, this is an example of a/an
hot spot
earthquake
rift valley
subduction zone
5
Where plates slide past one another, ______ occur.
ocean trenches
island arcs
volcanoes
earthquakes
6
Most earthquakes are caused by
seasonal heating and cooling of the surface
gravitational pull of the earth and moon
weathering and erosion
sudden movement of rock along faults
7
Oceanic plates are pushed down into the upper mantle in ______
subduction zones
strike-slip faults
divergent boundaries
convection currents
8
oceanic crust is __than continental crust
more dense
less hot
thicker
less dense
9
The places between plates moving toward each other is called
transform boundaries
strike-slip faults
divergent boundaries
convergent boundaries
10
The Rocky Mts. and Appalachian Mts. in the U.S. were formed at which geological event?
plates colliding
erosion
volcanoes
glacier movement
11
What happens when two continental plates collide?
new sea-floor is made
subduction zones are created
mountain ranges are formed
volcanoes are formed
12
Which of the following is true?
Continents moved in the past but not today./
Continents move separately from the plates.
Continents do not move.
Continents move with their plate.
13
In the Plate Tectonics theory, the lithosphere is divided into
seven major plates and several smaller plates
50 major plates and several smaller plates
Many small plates, but no major plates
100 major plates
14
Which determines which plate subducts beneath another plate?
the temperature inside the earth
density
the type of boundary
the pressure of ocean water
15
New ocean crust is formed at
divergent boundaries
subduction zones
convergent boundaries
transform boundaries
16
How do earth's plates move?
ocean wave movement
convection currents in the asthenosphere
Radiation by the sun
earthquakes
17
In the plate tectonic theory, a plate can be made of
only continental lithosphere
only oceanic lithosphere
both oceanic and continental lithosphere
oceanic and continental asthenosphere

Plate Tectonics Flashcards | StudBud