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Name: _________________________________ Date: ______________ Class: ______
Plate Tectonic Post Lab quiz
1. What type of plate boundary
occurs between the Nazca Plate
and the South American Plate?
a. Convergent oceanland
b. Divergent
c. Convergent oceanocean
d. Transform
2. What type of plate
boundary occurs between
the North American Plate
and the Eurasian Plate?
a. Convergent oceanland
b. Divergent
c. Convergent ocean-ocean
d. Transform
3. Seafloor spreading explains how new seafloor forms at a mid- oceanic ridge.
What discovery let to the theory of seafloor spreading?
a. Older rocks are found farther away from the mid ocean ridge that younger
rocks
b. Fossils of similar plants were found on different continents
c. Older rocks are found at the mid ocean ridge
d. Mountains form where two tectonic plates collide
4. It is believed that millions of years ago Earth contained one large land mass
referred to as Pangaea. Which process is thought to be responsible for the larger
number of different land masses that we now have?
a. Continental drift
b. Earthquakes
c. Wind erosion
d. Water erosion
Name: _________________________________ Date: ______________ Class: ______
Plate Tectonic Post Lab quiz
Use the following word bank to answer questions 5-12.
Word Bank:
5.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
6.
7.
8.
Inner Core
Crust/ lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mantle
Outer Core
9. _____________________ layer is made of solid iron and is under the most pressure.
10. ____________________ layer of the UPPER Mantle that has convection currents
11. ____________________layer in which you live
12. ____________________ made of liquid metals deep underground and creates the
Earth’s magnetic field.
Label the pictures of plate Boundaries below for questions 13-15.
13. _________________
14. _________________
15. ________________