Plate Tectonics, Layers & Continental Drift EARLY IN UNIT

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What type of plate boundary & crust type usually creates tall mountains? Options: Convergent, continental-oceanic, Divergent, continental-continental, Convergent, continental-continental, Transform

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Convergent, continental-continental

Front

Earthquakes are most likely to form _________ (choose the BEST answer)

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on all plate boundaries

Front

What type of boundary is pictured? Options: Convergent, Divergent, Transform, None of these

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Transform

Front

Which type of plate boundary would cause tall mountains, like Mt. Everest, to form?

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Convergent

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This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel.

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Inner Core

Front

Based on the map, what type of boundary created the volcanic mountains located on South America's west coast?

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Convergent

Front

What are the two types of crust? Options: continental and oceanic, ocean and upper, lower and upper, pizza and subway

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continental and oceanic

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What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one in the most recent supercontinent?

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Pangea

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Who was the scientist that came up with the theory of continental drift?

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Alfred Wegner

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This part of the Earth has the greatest temperature: crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

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inner core