Plates and Plate Boundaries - Quiz
plates
  • 1. Name the plate labelled with the letter B.
A) South American Plate
B) Eurasian Plate
C) Nazca Plate
D) Pacific Plate
E) North American Plate
plates
  • 2. Name the plate labelled with the letter D.
A) Nazca Plate
B) North American Plate
C) Eurasian Plate
D) Pacific Plate
E) South American Plate
plates
  • 3. Name the plate labelled with the letter F.
A) South American Plate
B) Indo-Australian Plate
C) Pacific Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) African Plate
plates
  • 4. Name the plate labelled with the letter G.
A) Antarctic Plate
B) South American Plate
C) Indo-Australian Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) Eurasian Plate
plates
  • 5. Name the plate labelled with the letter I.
A) African Plate
B) Eurasian Plate
C) North American Plate
D) Antarctic Plate
E) South American Plate
plates
  • 6. Name the plate labelled with the letter J.
A) Indo-Australian Plate
B) Antarctic Plate
C) Nazca Plate
D) South American Plate
E) Eurasian Plate
plates
  • 7. Name the plate labelled with the letter L.
A) Indo-Australian Plate
B) Antarctic Plate
C) North American Plate
D) Nazca Plate
E) African Plate
plates
  • 8. Name the plate labelled with the letter N.
A) Indo-Australian Plate
B) South American Plate
C) Antarctic Plate
D) Eurasian Plate
E) Nazca Plate
boundaries convergent
  • 9. The boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates
A) divergent boundary
B) convergent boundary
C) transform boundary
boundaries transform
  • 10. The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
A) divergent boundary
B) transform boundary
C) convergent boundary
boundaries divergent
  • 11. The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
A) convergent boundary
B) divergent boundary
C) transform boundary
  • 12. The lithosphere is divided into sections called:
A) tectonic plates
B) asthenosphere
C) crust pieces
D) tiles
  • 13. The continents once formed a single landmass called:
A) Gondwana
B) Laurasia
C) Pangaea
D) Africa
  • 14. The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
A) asthenosphere
B) outer core
C) inner core
D) lithosphere
  • 15. The purpose of the Milky Way lab was to:
A) demonstrate how the asthenosphere is similar to the caramel
B) All of the these
C) demonstrate the landforms that could be formed at different plate boundaries
D) demonstrate how the lithosphere is similar to the chocolate
E) introduce the different types of plate boundaries
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