plate tectonic

The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called ____.

• Pantry
• Pangaea
• Wegenerland
• Eurasia

What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates grind past each other without destroying or producing
lithosphere?

• convergent 
• transform
• divergent

Which of the following is a geographic example of a transform fault boundary?

• continental volcanic arc
• volcanic island arc
• earthquakes
• uplifted mountains

The Himalayas in South Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

• continental-oceanic convergent
• continental-continental convergent
• oceanic-oceanic convergent
• continental-continental divergent

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According to the theory of plate tectonics, ________.

• the asthenosphere is divided into plates
• the lithosphere is divided into plates

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What type of boundary occurs where two plates move together?

• convergent
• transform
• divergent

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New ocean crust is formed at ______.

• convergent boundaries
• divergent boundaries
• transform fault

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What results when divergence occurs between two oceanic plates?

• a subduction zone
• seafloor spreading
• an ocean trench
• a volcanic island arc

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The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

• the rotation of the Earth.

• convection currents in the Asthenosphere

• the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

• the Moho discontinuity.

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Mountains form from....

• Tectonic plates sliding past one another
• Collision of tectonic plates
• Tectonic plates moving away from each other
• Tectonic plates disappearing

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