Tectonic Plates Only

Question 1

Based on the image, the boundary BETWEEN which plates is likely to form an ocean basin?

Accepted Answer

South American and African

Question 2

Based on the image, which of the boundaries between plates is classified as transform?

Accepted Answer

North American and Pacific

Question 3

The map shows locations of the tectonic plates. What is the name of Plate 6?

Accepted Answer

Indo-Australian

Question 4

Plates slide past each other causing Earthquakes.📷

Accepted Answer

Transform

Question 5

You need to make a model of the interior of the Earth. In your model, what should it show about the lithosphere & crust?

Accepted Answer

The crust is thinner than the lithosphere.

Question 6

Earth’s plates are pieces of which of the following layer of Earth?

Accepted Answer

Lithosphere

Question 7

What geological feature is created when Oceanic Crust converges with Continental crust?

Accepted Answer

Volcanos

Question 8

Plates spread apart and create underwater mountain ranges.📷

Accepted Answer

Diverge

Question 9

Match the Correct Tectonic Plate to the Correct Number: Number 5

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 10

What event will most likely occur at a divergent plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

The plates will create an ocean basin and new crust will form.

Question 11

Which is the best description of the characteristics of the asthenosphere?

Accepted Answer

Solid, but flowing

Question 12

Which Tectonic Plate is the Largest?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 13

The map shows the tectonic plates. Which plate is located BETWEEN the South American plate and the Eurasian plate?

Accepted Answer

African

Question 14

The map shows locations of the tectonic plates. Which plates border the Atlantic Ocean?

Accepted Answer

North American, South American/Nazca, and African

Question 15

Plates come together and form mountains or one slides underneath another and form volcanoes.

Accepted Answer

Converge

Question 16

Match the Correct Tectonic Plate to the Correct Number: Number 9

Accepted Answer

South American

Question 17

The Earth is made of many layers. Which layer is comprised of both crust and mantle material?

Accepted Answer

Lithosphere

Question 18

Match the Correct Tectonic Plate to the Correct Number: Number 7

Accepted Answer

Eurasian

Question 19

The map shows locations of the tectonic plates. Which plates border the Pacific Ocean?

Accepted Answer

Eurasian, North American, and South American/Nazca

Question 20

Match the Correct Tectonic Plate to the Correct Number: Number 6

Accepted Answer

Indo-Australian

Question 21

Why does Oceanic crust subduct under Continental crust?

Accepted Answer

Oceanic Crust is more dense

Question 22

The map shows locations of the tectonic plates. The South American Plate is Plate:

Accepted Answer

4

Question 23

The map shows locations of the tectonic plates. The part of the border circled in BLUE is between which two plates?

Accepted Answer

Eurasian and North American

Question 24

Which of the following best explains why the tectonic plates of Earth move?

Accepted Answer

Convection Currents from the Mantle

Question 25

Match the Correct Tectonic Plate to the Correct Number: Number 4

Accepted Answer

North America

Question 26

What major tectonic plate does NOT border the Ring of Fire that surrounds the Pacific Ocean?

Accepted Answer

African

Question 27

Movement between the Pacific plate & North American plate create the San Andreas Fault in CA. Name the motion.

Accepted Answer

Transform

Question 28

Match the Correct Tectonic Plate to the Correct Number: Number 8

Accepted Answer

African

Question 29

The map shows locations of the tectonic plates. Which plate is lined up against the WEST coast of North America?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 30

What will happen at the boundary shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Earthquakes

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