Plate tectonics

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The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

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Convergent Boundary

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Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move? Energy from the Sun, Magnetic Pole Reversal, Faults in Mountain Ranges

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Convection currents in the mantle

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What type of plate boundary is this? Options: Plate, Divergent, Convergent, Transform

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Convergent

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What type of event will occur at this boundary? Earthquake, Volcano Eruption, Tornado, Mountain Building

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Earthquake

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A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

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Pull apart

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Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago: Pangea, Gondwana, Laurasia, Neverland?

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Pangea

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Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics? Fossils, Mountains, Glaciers, Sand Erosion

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Sand Erosion

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What type of plate boundary is this? Transform, Convergent, Divergent, Plate

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Transform

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The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...

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Plate Tectonics

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Oceanic Trenches are formed by convergent plate boundaries at or near ________.

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subduction zones