Continental Drift and Plate Theory

Front

Which type of plate boundary would cause folded mountains to form? Options: transform, convergent, divergent, subduction

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convergent

Front

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were both created by this type of plate boundary.

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divergent

Front

What are the two types of crust?

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continental and oceanic

Front

What drives tectonic plate movement? Options: gravity, coriolis effect, convection currents, the earth's magnetic core

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convection currents

Front

Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations? Options: at plate boundaries, in oceans, in the middle of continents, in the middle of plates

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at plate boundaries

Front

When one plate slides underneath another, it ____ and the magma _____.

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melts; rises

Front

Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?

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earthquakes

Front

When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?

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oceanic

Front

Two tectonic plates collide at a ___ plate boundary.

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convergent

Front

This land form can occur at a divergent plate boundary.

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mid-ocean ridge