Continental Drift/Plate Tectonics

Which type of plate boundary creates mountain chains

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• landslide

What is a result of oceanic plates colliding with  other oceanic plates?

• valleys
• volcanic islands
• ridges
• new crust

Movement of Earth's crust resulting in a violent shaking of the Earth.

• volcano
• earthquake
• tornado
• delta formation

A rift valley can form when...

• two oceanic plates diverge
• an oceanic and continental place diverge 
• two continental plates diverge 
• both a and c 

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Sand Andreas Fault formed at this type of boundary-

• Transform Boundary
• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Hot Spot

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Tectonic plate are

• Pieces of Earth's crust

• Pieces of Earth's asenthosphere

• Pieces of Earth's lithosphere

• Pieces of Earth's mantle

The theory of _______ states that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that are in constant, slow motion.

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• seafloor spreading
• divergent boundaries

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What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and upper
• lower and upper
• pizza and subway

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subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?

• islands
• volcanoes
• earthquakes
• all of the above

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Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

• At plate boundaries
• in oceans
• in the middle of continents
• in the middle of plates

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