Plate Tectonics

Question 1

The lithosphere is made from what two main layers of the Earth?

Answer 1

The crust and upper mantle.

Question 2

Which part of the Earth is broken into pieces that move?

Answer 2

The lithosphere

Question 3

The asthenosphere is made from what main layer of the Earth?

Answer 3

The mantle

Question 4

The plates ride on which molten layer where convection currents occur?

Answer 4

The asthenosphere

Question 5

Which type of plate boundary is where two plates pull apart?

Answer 5

Divergent

Question 6

Which type of plate boundary is where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions?

Answer 6

Transform

Question 7

Which type of plate boundary is where two plates come together?

Answer 7

Convergent

Question 8

What is molten rock that reaches the Earth’s surface called?

Answer 8

Lava

Question 9

What is molten material that remains under the Earth’s surface called?

Answer 9

Magma

Question 10

What are the pieces of Earth’s crust that move around called?

Answer 10

Tectonic plates

Question 11

What is a break in Earth’s crust that moves and can cause earthquakes called?

Answer 11

Fault

Question 12

What is the machine called that records earthquake waves called?

Answer 12

A seismograph

Question 13

What main layer of the Earth is warm and found in the middle?

Answer 13

The mantle

Question 14

What are broken pieces of rock that can form soil or be cemented together to form sedimentary rock?

Answer 14

Sediment

Question 15

What is any crack in the crust that releases lava, ash and gases is called?

Answer 15

A volcano

Question 16

What is a type of energy that uses heat from Earth’s core and mantle called?

Answer 16

Geothermal enegy

Question 17

What is the name of the supercontinent made from all the continents joined together in the past?

Answer 17

Pangaea

Question 18

What is the name of the process where the Earth is thinned as it is pulled apart?

Answer 18

Rifting

Question 19

What happens when the Earth’s crust breaks and releases energy?

Answer 19

An earthquake

Question 20

What is the main layer of the Earth in the center that is very hot?

Answer 20

The core

Question 21

An ocean trench would be found at which type of plate boundary?

Answer 21

Convergent

Question 22

Volcanoes would be found at which two types of boundaries?

Answer 22

Convergent and Divergent

Question 23

Which types of plate boundaries could produce earthquakes?

Answer 23

Convergent, Divergent, and Transform

Question 24

A mid-ocean ridge would be found at which type of boundary?

Answer 24

Divergent

Question 25

The San Andreas Fault is an example of which type of boundary?

Answer 25

Transform

Question 26

The Himalayan Mountains are found at which type of plate boundary?

Answer 26

Convergent

Question 27

A shield volcano produces more gassy or less gassy lava?

Answer 27

Less gassy

Question 28

A stratovolcano produces more gassy or less gassy lava?

Answer 28

More gassy

Question 29

Which type of volcano has a low and wide shape because its eruptions are a gentle outflow of lava?

Answer 29

Shield volcano

Question 30

Which type of volcano has a tall and steep flank because of violent eruptions of gas, ash, and lava?

Answer 30

Stratovolcanoes