Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes

The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the theory of

• subduction
• plate tectonics
• evolution
• seafloor spreading

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Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Hypocenter
• Tremor

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine zone
• divergence zone
• subduction zone
• lower zone

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Whenever a subduction zone is formed a ____ is formed.

• mountains
• Island arc
• rift valley
• volcanoes

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

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Plates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries.

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• detergent

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Which of the following features is likely to form where two tectonic plates push toward each other?

• ocean shoreline

• mountain ranges

• mid-ocean ridge

• rift valley

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5. Evidence that supports Wegener's Continental Drift Theory includes

• Fossils of human remains

• Fossils of animal remains

• Fossils of plant remains

• both B and C

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What drives tectonic plate movement? 

• gravity
• coriolis effect
• convection currents
• the earth's magnetic core

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