Plate Tectonics

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Mountains form from....

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Collision of tectonic plates

Front

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

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Pangaea

Front

What is the "engine" that causes the plates to move?

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Convection currents in the mantle

Front

Which of the following is the softer moving area of the mantle that contains convection current? Options: Asthenosphere, Lithosphere, Outer core, Oceanic crust

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Asthenosphere

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This image represents this type of boundary: Divergent, Transform, Convergent, Subduction

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Transform

Front

This is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates.

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Mantle convection currents

Front

At a divergent boundary, tectonic plates move in what way?

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Tectonic plates move away from each other

Front

A land feature that is produced at a convergent boundary with subduction is

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a volcano

Front

What is a tectonic plate?

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A piece of the Earth's crust.

Front

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

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Convergent