1. Plate Tectonics Test Trivia
How well do you know your stuff?

2. What is the dark colored rock that makes up much of the ocean floor?

3. Basalt

4. What is the cycle that slowly moves the soft rock in the mantle, transferring heat, and moving the plates around on Earth?

5. Convection Currents

6. True or False? Volcanoes may form along convergent boundaries.

7. TRUE…at Subduction Zones

8. The layer of Earth that is described as a dense, metal ball is the _____________.

9. Inner Core

10. When molten material reaches the surface of Earth, it is called __________.

11. Lava

12. _________ is a stress that pushes rock in 2 opposite directions.

13. Shearing

14. What type of geologic event can occur at the San Andreas Fault in California?

15. Earthquakes

16. Two continental plates that crunch or smash together slowly can produce ___.

17. Mountains

18. Which layer of Earth is made of liquid nickel & iron and moves to create Earth’s magnetic field?

19. Outer Core

20. Molten material inside Earth is called _______.

21. Magma

22. Wegener’s hypothesis of _________________ states that the continents were once joined together.

23. Continental Drift

24. What is the type of heat transfer where a metal spoon heats up if its left in a hot pot of soup?

25. Conduction

26. The single landmass that broke apart millions of years ago is called ___________.

27. Pangaea

28. What is the stress that pulls on the crust where two plates are moving apart?

29. Tension

30. The heat you feel when you stand in front of a fire is an example of which form of heat transfer? (Hint: Energy transfer through space in the form of rays or waves)

31. Radiation

32. ____ are waves of energy that move through Earth generated by earthquakes. Geologists use these to study about Earth’s interior.

33. Seismic Waves

34. A____ fault describes the way rock breaks at transform boundaries
A____ fault describes the way rock breaks at transform boundaries. This break results from the stress of shearing.

35. Strike-Slip

36. Multiple Choice: The ______ heats the mantle and makes the convection currents move. A. sun B. core C. geothermal activity

37. The CORE!

38. What kind of stress pulls on the plates at divergent boundaries?

39. Tension

40. What kind of fault results from converging plates?

41. Reverse

42. What are 3 geologic events/formation that happen on Earth due to plate tectonics?

43. Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Mountain Building

44. Which type of plate boundary would you find at letter X?
Divergent  

45. Name and describe the process that is happening at letter X.
Seafloor Spreading
As plates pull apart at a divergent boundary, magma come up through a crack hardens and forms new seafloor.

46. Name and describe the process that is happening at letter Z.
Subduction
As plates come together at a convergent boundary, the denser oceanic plate sinks under (sub=under) the less dense plate.

47. Which letter in the picture identifies the area showing continental crust?
C; Continental

48. True or False? If convection currents stopped moving it would mean that the inner core is no longer heating the mantle.

49. TRUE. The heat from the inner core heats the mantle
TRUE! The heat from the inner core heats the mantle. The movement in the mantle make the plates of the lithosphere move slowly.