Earth's Tectonic Plates

Test Description: Vocab review

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) divided into a dozen major and several minor plates

2) The movement of the plates over Earth’s surface is called __________.

3) These plates can be composed in a combination of _______ lithosphere or _________lithosphere

4) An earthquakes ______- is the point on Earth’s surface directly above the place where the earthquake occurs

5) Earthquake epicenters outline the plates because earthquakes occur everywhere _____ come into contact with each other.

6) Hot mantle form two adjacent cells rises at the ridge axis, creating new ocean crust 2. The top part of the convection cell moves horizontally away from the ridge crest 3. The outer parts of the convection cells plunge down into the deeper mantle, wh

7) __________ are the areas where two plates meet. The type of plate boundary and the type of crust found on the boundary determines what kinds of geologic activity are present.

8) Two plates move away from each other

9) Two plates move towards each other

10) Two plates slip past each other


*select an answer for all questions

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