Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

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Science

7th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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Miriama Kisiel

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The lithosphere (crust) is broken into sections called

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plates

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What process creates new crust from magma?

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Back

sea-floor spreading

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Where would you find the oldest rocks on the ocean floor?

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Back

near the trench

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is one piece of evidence for sea-floor spreading?

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Back

magnetic stripes on the ocean floor

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which type of boundary forms a mid-ocean ridge?

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Back

divergent

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What evidence did Alfred Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?

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Back

Fossil discoveries

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is true of tectonics plates?

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Back

They are constantly moving

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