Plate Tectonics

Question 1

Which statement explains how convection currents affect the movement of plates?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Heat from Earth’s interior causes currents of hot rising magma and cooler sinking magma to flow, moving the crust along with them.

Question 2

✔ African PlateEurasian PlateIndo-Australian Plate

Revolt · Accepted Answer

African Plate

Question 3

Eurasian Plate ✔ Indo-Australian PlatePacific Plate

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Indo-Australian Plate

Question 4

North American PlatePacific Plate South American Plate

Revolt · Accepted Answer

South American Plate; Selection 1: South American Plate; Selection 2: African Plate; Selection 3: Indo-Australian Plate

Question 5

African PlateEurasian PlateIndo-Australian Plate

Revolt · Accepted Answer

African Plate

Question 6

Eurasian Plate Indo-Australian PlatePacific Plate

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Indo-Australian Plate

Question 7

Use the drop-down menus to identify the types of convergent boundaries.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Label A: oceanic-oceanic; Label B: oceanic-continental; Label C: continental-continental

Question 8

oceanic-continentaloceanic-oceaniccontinental-continental

Revolt · Accepted Answer

oceanic-continental

Question 9

oceanic-continentaloceanic-oceaniccontinental-continental

Revolt · Accepted Answer

continental-continental

Question 10

convergent boundarydivergent boundary transform boundary

Revolt · Accepted Answer

convergent boundary

Plate Tectonics Answers