Plate Tectonics Test

Question 1

A plate boundary where two plates move horizontally past each other.

Answer 1

Transform boundary

Question 2

States that mass is neither created nor destroyed.

Answer 2

Law of Conservation of Matter

Question 3

A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. (crust is destroyed)

Answer 3

Convergent boundary

Question 4

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. (crust is created)

Answer 4

Divergent boundary

Question 5

A theory stating that the earth’s surface is broken into plates that move.

Answer 5

Plate tectonics

Question 6

Seafloor mountain system created by plate tectonics.

Answer 6

Mid-ocean ridge

Question 7

A current in a fluid that results from convection.

Answer 7

Convection currents

Question 8

Supercontinent that contained almost all the continents on earth

Answer 8

Pangea

Question 9

One of the sections of Earth’s lithosphere that is in constant motion along with other sections.

Answer 9

Plate

Question 10

Theory that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.

Answer 10

Continental drift

Question 11

Describe- CRUST

Answer 11

Solid, made of rocks and minerals

Question 12

Describe- MANTLE

Answer 12

Hot, mostly solid part of earths interior, between crust and core

Question 13

Describe- OUTER CORE

Answer 13

Very hot, mostly made of liquid iron and nickel

Question 14

Describe- INNER CORE

Answer 14

Very hot, dense ball of mostly iron

Question 15

Describe- LITHOSPHERE

Answer 15

Solid, outer part of the earth that consists of the crust and upper mantle. LESS DENSE

Question 16

Describe- ATHENOSPHERE

Answer 16

Upper layer of the earths mantle, below the lithosphere. MORE DENSE