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Plate Tectonics

Quiz by Susan Hartz

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19 questions
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  • Q1
    The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
    Plate Tectonics
    30s
  • Q2
    The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
    Continental Drift
    30s
  • Q3
    Proposed the continental drift theory in the 1900s
    Alfred Wegener
    30s
  • Q4
    Came up with seafloor spreading
    Harry Hess
    30s
  • Q5
    An underwater moutain chain where new ocean floor is formed
    Mid-Ocean Ridge
    30s
  • Q6
    One plate going under another plate
    subduction
    30s
  • Q7
    The preserved remains or traces of organisms that once lived on Earth.
    fossils
    30s
  • Q8
    The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
    Sea Floor Spreading
    30s
  • Q9
    Deep valley in the ocean floor that forms along a subduction zone
    Ocean Trench
    30s
  • Q10
    Circular currents in the mantle caused by the magma being heated by the core off the Earth.
    Convection Currents
    30s
  • Q11
    Boundary between tectonic plates in which the two plates move away from each other, and new crust is created between them
    Divergent Plate Boundaries
    30s
  • Q12
    A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other.
    Convergent Plate Boundaries
    30s
  • Q13
    A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
    Transform Boundary
    30s
  • Q14
    A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 300 million years ago.
    Pangea
    30s
  • Q15
    Continents fit together like puzzle pieces
    Continent Shape Evidence
    30s

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