Unit 4 : Plate Boundaries

At which boundaries is old crust (rock) destroyed?

• Divergent

• Convergent (Oceanic/Continental)

• Convergent (Oceanic/Oceanic)

• Transform

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Which plate boundary involves the shearing of rock- rock will snap apart due to stress.

• Divergent

• Convergent (Continental/Oceanic)

• Transform

• Convergent (Oceanic/Oceanic)

Which plate boundaries will have the feature of trenches?

• Convergent (Oceanic/Continental)

• Convergent (Oceanic/Oceanic)

• Convergent (Continental/Continental)

• Transform

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Who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

• Alfred Wegner

• Alfred Einstein

• Harry Hess

• Edwin Hubble

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The San Andreas Fault is an example of this type of plate boundary.

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent (Continental/Continental)

• Convergent (Oceanic/Continental)

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The Andes Mountains are an example of a land feature found at this type of boundary.

• Divergent

• Convergent (Oceanic/Continental)

• Convergent (Continental/Continental)

• Transform

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The Himalayan Mountains are an example of a real land feature that can be found at this type of boundary.

• Convergent (Continental/Continental)

• Transform

• Convergent (Oceanic/Oceanic)

• Divergent

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What type of plate boundary creates island arcs?

• Convergent (Oceanic/Continental)

• Convergent (Oceanic/Oceanic)

• Transform

• Divergent

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Which definition below matches the concept of sea-floor spreading?

• Mid-ocean ridges where oceanic plates pull apart and rising magma creates new oceanic crust.

• The coastlines of South America and Africa fit together like pieces of a puzzle.

• One plate of rock slides underneath another plate of rock and melts in the mantle.

• A rock snaps under stress and pressure.

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Which piece of evidence below was NOT used by Wegener to support the Theory of Continental Drift?

• Human remains have been found in Europe and North America.

• Matching plant and animal fossils found on different continents.

• Matching rock formations found across oceans on different continents.

• Africa shows evidence of glacial activity.

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