Plate Techtonics

Plate Techtonics

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5th - 8th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What causes the crust to move about on the Earth? Options: pressure from the inner core, convection currents in the mantle, wind currents in the troposphere, ocean currents like the gulf stream

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Back

convection currents in the mantle

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form? Options: Transform, Convergent, Divergent, Reform

Back

Convergent

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel.

Back

Inner Core

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

California, Japan, Chile, Nepal, and India have all experienced earthquakes before. What type of plate boundary must be near?

Back

Transform

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary: Divergent, Convergent, Reform, Transform

Back

Divergent

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the name of the area where one crust slides underneath another (Deep Ocean Trenches are found here)?

Back

subduction zone

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?

Back

Pangea

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