tectonic plates small quiz

Tectonic plates float on top of the ________

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

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We live in an area without many earthquakes because _____

• We live near a major fault line

• We live near the boundary of 2 tectonic plates

• We live near the middle of the North American Plate

• We live near the Pacific Plate

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

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plate Boundary

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Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun

• Magnetic Pole Reversal

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake

• Volcano Eruption

• Tornado

• Mountain Building

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Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.

• Pangea

• Gondwanda

• Laurasia

• Neverland

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A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart

• Come together

• Slide past each other

• subducting

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Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide

• Two oceanic plates pull apart

• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

• Two continental plates pull apart

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What occurs when two plates come together and the denser one is forced under back into the mantle?

• reduction

• conduction

• subduction

• convection

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What geologic process formed the Himalayas?

• two continental plates converging

• an earthquake in a subduction zone

• a tectonic plate moving over a hot spot

• movement at a transform fault boundary

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