Plate Tectonics

Q. What is the difference between convergent boundary and divergent boundary?

Q. Which among the following options most accurately describes the process of formation of a divergent boundary?

1. They are formed when two tectonic plates collide with each other.
2. They are formed when two tectonic plates move apart from each other.
3. They are formed when two tectonic plates interact in any way.
4. They are formed when two tectonic plates slide alongside each other.

Q. is the layer of the Earth's mantle that lies beneath the lithosphere.

1. Lower mantle
2. Stratosphere
3. Asthenosphere

Q. Which among the following options most accurately describes the process of formation of a divergent boundary?

1. They are formed when two tectonic plates collide with each other.
2. They are formed when two tectonic plates interact in any way.
3. They are formed when two tectonic plates slide alongside each other.
4. They are formed when two tectonic plates move apart from each other.

Q. Consider the following statements.

1. Gondwanaland was the southern part of a super continent called Pangea.
2. Gondwanaland only included India and the African continent.

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

1. Both statement 1 and statement 2
2. Only statement 1
3. Neither statement 1 nor statement 2
4. Only statement 2

Q. When two plates come together, the boundary created is called a __________ boundary.

1. concurrent
2. contrasting
3. convergent
4. divergent

Q. is the layer of the Earth's mantle that lies beneath the lithosphere.

1. Asthenosphere
2. Stratosphere
3. Lower mantle

Q. Which of the following land form is different from three others on the basis of mode of origin?

1. Anticline
2. Fold
3. Nappe
4. Rift Valley

Q. is the layer of the Earth's mantle that lies beneath the lithosphere.

1. Asthenosphere
2. Stratosphere
3. Lower mantle

Q. Match the following plate boundaries with the movement of lithospheric plates that cause their formation.

1. Moving apart
2. Sliding
3. Colliding

Q. When two plates come together, the boundary created is called a __________ boundary.

1. convergent
2. contrasting
3. divergent
4. concurrent