Download Earth Tectonic Plates Quiz

Earth Tectonic Plates Quiz
1) If two plates at a plate boundary are sliding past each other, what type of
boundary is it?
a) Divergent
b) Transform
c) Convergent
d) Normal
2) The top of a convection cell moves away from the ridge axis along with the
seafloor.
a) True
b) False
3) When two continents split apart, this forms.
a) a mountain range
b) a transform fault
c) a volcanic arc
d) a mid-ocean ridge
4) How does the sinking side of a convection cell affect the seafloor?
a) It creates seafloor at a mid-ocean ridge.
b) It creates a transform fault in the seafloor.
c) It drags seafloor into the mantle at a trench.
d) None of the above
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5) Earthquakes occur at all plate boundaries.
a) True
b) False
6) A single plate can only be made of either continental or oceanic crust.
a) True
b) False
7) Plates move at a rate of a few __________________ a year.
a) Millimeters
b) Centimeters
c) Meters
d) Kilometers
8) The _______________________ is the point on the Earth’s surface directly
above the location where an earthquake happens.
Epicenter
9) How do scientists determine where the plate boundaries are?
a) Earthquake epicenters outline the plates.
b) Most plate boundaries are at the edges of the continents.
c) Most plate boundaries are in the center of the ocean basins.
d) Volcanoes are only found at plate boundaries.
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10) Seafloor is created from and then recycled back into the mantle.
a) True
b) False
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