Plate Boundaries and Layers of the Earth

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What type of plate boundary causes sea floor spreading? Options: convergent, divergent, transform, compression

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divergent

Front

The stress caused by a transform plate boundary is

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shearing

Front

What stress is associated with a convergent plate boundary? Options: compression, tension, shearing, sea floor spreading

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compression

Front

Where is new crust being formed? Options: convergent, divergent, transform, shearing

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divergent

Front

What is most likely to occur at a transform plate boundary? Options: volcanoes, mountain building, earthquakes, blizzards

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earthquakes

Front

Volcanoes occur at: convergent plate boundaries, hot spots, divergent plate boundaries.

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all of these

Front

Plate movement is caused by: conduction currents in the crust, convection currents in the mantle, volcanoes, earthquakes

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convection currents in the mantle

Front

The super continent that existed millions of years ago is called

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Pangea

Front

What type of plate boundary is pictured? Options: convergent, divergent, transform, tension

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convergent

Front

At a convergent plate boundary between oceanic crust and continental crust, which crust is subducted?

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oceanic crust will go under the continental crust