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What causes tectonic plates to move along the Earth's surface? Options: wind, ocean currents, convection in the mantle, expansion of the Earth

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convection in the mantle

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What type of boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other? Options: transform, subduction, convergent, divergent

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divergent

Front

What forms at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates? Options: rift valley, mountain, mid-ocean ridge, trench

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mid-ocean ridge

Front

Which type of crust is more dense? Options: oceanic, continental, divergent, pizza

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oceanic

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What type of boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other? Options: convergent, divergent, transform, lateral

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convergent

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What forms at a convergent boundary between a continental plate and an oceanic plate? Options: volcanoes, rift valleys, faults, mid-ocean ridges

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volcanoes

Front

A rift valley occurs at a ____________ boundary.

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divergent

Front

What is the process in which hot molten rock rises, then cools and sinks back to the core? Options: plate tectonics, continental drift, convection, divergence

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convection

Front

A trench forms at a _________ boundary.

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convergent

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Mountains form at a ___________ boundary.

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convergent