Discovery Education: Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

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Standard Deviants Teaching Systems: Earth Science: Module 03: Restless Earth

Standard Deviants School Geology: Plate Tectonics

Science Kids: Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics PPT

 Plate Tectonics Interactive Video

Plate Tectonics Content Collection

1. Which of these is a result of two continental plates converging?

   A) the San Andreas Fault

   B) the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

   C) the Marianas Trench

   D) the Himalaya Mountains

    

2. • As tectonic plates move away from one another, magma rises to fill the gap. At a mid-ocean ridge, the rising magma cools to form new oceanic lithosphere. The place where tectonic plates move apart is called a
   • A) convergent boundary.
   • B) divergent boundary.
   • C) transform boundary.
   • D) subduction zone.

    

3.  The movement of tectonic plates is caused by:

   • A) convection currents in the mantle.
   • B) heat in the inner core.
   • C) radiation from the sun.
   • D) strong global winds.

    

4.  The map below shows the major tectonic plates of the world.

   

   Which plate is represented by the number 2 on the map?
   • A) Eurasian plate
   • B) North American plate
   • C) Australian plate
   • D) South American plate

    

5.   The map below shows the major tectonic plates of the world.

   

   Which plate is represented by the number 5 on the map?
   • A) South American plate
   • B) Eurasian plate
   • C) Australian plate
   • D) North American plate

    

6.   The map below shows the major tectonic plates of the world.

   

   Which plate is represented by the number 9 on the map?

   • A) Antarctic plate
   • B) Australian plate
   • C) African plate
   • D) Indian plate

    

7.  There are many volcanoes and lava flows along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which marks a diverging plate boundary. What type of plate movement is occurring to form the volcanoes?

   • A) An oceanic plate is sinking beneath a continental plate.
   • B) Two plates are sliding past one another.
   • C) Two continental plates are colliding.
   • D) Two plates are moving apart.

    

8.  A plate boundary in which no new crust is made or destroyed is a:

   • A) divergent boundary
   • B) convergent boundary
   • C) recumbant boundary
   • D) transform boundary

    

9.  When two tectonic plates push together, pull apart, or slide past one another, which of the following is most likely to occur?

   • A) an earthquake
   • B) a typhoon
   • C) a tidal wave
   • D) a delta

    

10.  Which of the following is part of a transform plate boundary?

    • A) the San Andreas Fault
    • B) the Marianas Trench
    • C) The Andes Mountains
    • D) the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

     

11.   The convection currents that cause plate motion are caused by:

    • A) temperature differences.
    • B) the gravitational pull of the Moon.
    • C) strong winds.
    • D) Earth's magnetic field.

     

12.  Which of the following is found at a divergent plate boundary?

    • A) the San Andreas Fault.
    • B) the Himalaya Mountains.
    • C) the Marianas Trench.
    • D) the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

     

13.  What feature occurs where plates converge?

    • A) rift valleys
    • B) mid-ocean ridges
    • C) mountain ranges
    • D) strike slip faults

     

14.  A break in rock along which the ground has moved on either side is:

    • A) an anticline
    • B) a syncline
    • C) a fault
    • D) a sinkhole

     

15.   New ocean floor is formed when:

    • A) tectonic plates slide past each other.
    • B) tectonic plates collide.
    • C) tectonic plates stop moving.
    • D) tectonic plates move apart.

     

16.  Folded mountains form when:

    • A) tectonic plates slide past each other.
    • B) tectonic plates collide.
    • C) tectonic plates stop moving.
    • D) tectonic plates move apart.

     

17.  On average, about how fast are the tectonic plates moving?

    • A) 1000 meters per year
    • B) 10 meters per year
    • C) 5 centimeters per year
    • D) 5 meters per day