S - Plate Tectonics + Boundaries
Quiz by Jonathan Skidmore
HS Earth/Environmental
Science
North Carolina Standard Course of Study
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- Q 1/10Score 0Which mechanism of plate movement causes the heavier tectonic plate to be pulled down into the mantle by gravity?29Convection currents in the mantleRidge-push mechanismSlab-pull mechanism
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- Q1Which mechanism of plate movement causes the heavier tectonic plate to be pulled down into the mantle by gravity?Convection currents in the mantleRidge-push mechanismSlab-pull mechanism30s
- Q2What forms when one oceanic plate is pulled beneath another plate?A rift valleyA volcanic arcAn oceanic trenchA mountain30s
- Q3What layers of the Earth make up the LITHOSPHERE?The inner core and outer coreOnly the inner coreThe crust and upper mantleThe crust and lower mantle30s
- Q4Magma inside the Earth moves in a convection current. This is when magma....Cool material in the mantle rises and warm material sinksWarm material in the mantle rises and cool material sinks30s
- Q5Hawaii was formed by a .....Divergent plate boundaryHot spotConvergent plate boundaryA ridge30s
- Q6Two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions is a _______________ boundary.SubductingDivergentTransformConvergent30s
- Q7New ocean crust is created....At a transform boundary on the ocean floorAt a divergent boundary on the ocean floorAt a convergent boundary on the ocean floor30s
- Q8Accoridng the theory of plate tectonics—the _______________ is split up into large pieces of rock that are constantly moving.Inner coreLithosphereOuter coreAsthenosphere30s
- Q9A fault is....A fracture in the Earth where movement has occurredAnother name for an earthquakeA division in the Earth’s mantle30s
- Q10At what plate boundary is Earth’s crust neither destroyed nor created?Transform boundariesConvergent boundariesDivergent boundaries30s
