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Plates and Plate Boundaries - Quiz
plates
  • 1. Name the plate labelled with the letter B.
A) Nazca Plate
B) Eurasian Plate
C) Pacific Plate
D) South American Plate
E) North American Plate
plates
  • 2. Name the plate labelled with the letter D.
A) Nazca Plate
B) North American Plate
C) South American Plate
D) Eurasian Plate
E) Pacific Plate
plates
  • 3. Name the plate labelled with the letter F.
A) Indo-Australian Plate
B) South American Plate
C) African Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) Pacific Plate
plates
  • 4. Name the plate labelled with the letter G.
A) Eurasian Plate
B) South American Plate
C) Nazca Plate
D) Indo-Australian Plate
E) Antarctic Plate
plates
  • 5. Name the plate labelled with the letter I.
A) Eurasian Plate
B) Antarctic Plate
C) North American Plate
D) South American Plate
E) African Plate
plates
  • 6. Name the plate labelled with the letter J.
A) Indo-Australian Plate
B) Eurasian Plate
C) South American Plate
D) Antarctic Plate
E) Nazca Plate
plates
  • 7. Name the plate labelled with the letter L.
A) North American Plate
B) Nazca Plate
C) Antarctic Plate
D) Indo-Australian Plate
E) African Plate
plates
  • 8. Name the plate labelled with the letter N.
A) Eurasian Plate
B) Indo-Australian Plate
C) Antarctic Plate
D) South American Plate
E) Nazca Plate
boundaries convergent
  • 9. The boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates
A) convergent boundary
B) transform boundary
C) divergent boundary
boundaries transform
  • 10. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
A) convergent boundary
B) transform boundary
C) divergent boundary
boundaries divergent
  • 11. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
A) convergent boundary
B) transform boundary
C) divergent boundary
  • 12. The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
A) inner core
B) asthenosphere
C) lithosphere
D) outer core
  • 13. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is what kind of boundary
A) submergent
B) transform
C) convergent
D) divergent
  • 14. An example of transform boundary can be found between the
A) African and South American Plates
B) Indian and Eurasian Plates
C) Pacific and North American plates
  • 15. What pushes the plates in different directions
A) ocean currents
B) convection currents
C) air currents
D) current events
  • 16. Alfred Wegener is known for developing what scientific theory?
A) The Big Bang Theory
B) Theory of Plate Tectonics
C) Trench Theory
D) Theory of Continental Drift
  • 17. If the mantle cooled and convection currents stopped moving...
A) volcanoes would erupt
B) The plates would stop moving
C) earthquakes would shake the crust
D) All of these
  • 18. Converging boundaries create
A) mountains
B) new sea floor
C) bassalt
D) fossils
  • 19. The Earth is believed to be _____ years old.
A) 4.5 million
B) 4.5 thousand
C) 4.5 billion
D) 14 billion
  • 20. Oceanic crust is formed by seafloor spreading
A) true
B) false
  • 21. The Mid-Atlantic is closest to ________
A) The Pacific Plate
B) India
C) Maine
D) California
  • 22. The Indian Plate and the Eurasian plate form a transform boundary
A) true
B) false
  • 23. The Himalayan continue to get taller
A) false
B) true
  • 24. There is no evidence that Pangaea ever existed
A) true
B) false
  • 25. The discovery of _____________ lead to the Theory of Plate Tectonics
A) Seafloor Spreading
B) The Earth's Core
C) Mountain ranges
D) The continents
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