Plate Tectonics Test Review

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What does the theory of plate tectonics state?

Back

The Earth's lithosphere is in constant, slow motion.

Front

What evidence supports the idea that continents have moved?

Back

The fossil plant Glossopteris has been found in Africa, Australia, India, South America, and Antarctica.

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What type of boundary occurs when plates collide?

Back

Convergent boundary.

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Which crustal feature is NOT formed at Convergent boundaries?

Back

Rift Valleys.

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What is subduction?

Back

When an oceanic plate sinks beneath a continental plate.

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What are tectonic plates?

Back

Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other.

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What is a divergent boundary?

Back

A boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other.

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What geological features are commonly formed at divergent boundaries?

Back

Mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys.

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What is a transform boundary?

Back

A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other.

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What geological activity is associated with transform boundaries?

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Earthquakes.