
Plate Tectonics QUIZ
Quiz by Owen Jahn
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Each plate boundary often goes by two names. Match each of the following types of plate boundaries to its other name.
Which type of plate boundary is characterized by plates moving apart?
The Himalayas are formed due to which type of plate boundary?
How many major (key) tectonic plates are there?
The San Andreas fault lies at a conservative plate boundary.
Which of the following features is NOT commonly associated with convergent plate boundaries?
What is the name of the rocky, outermost shell of Earth that is made up of the crust and the upper mantle?
Name Earth's layers, from the outermost layer to the innermost.
What is the name of the process that drives the movement of Earth's tectonic plates?
What is the name of this ancient supercontinent that was once made up of all continental plates?

Scientists can use fossils to help support the theory of plate tectonics