Quiz Plate Tectonics 5.3

Two plate s collide with each other at 

• A divergent boundary
• A convergent boundary
• The boundary between the mantle and the crust
• a transform boundary

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The process that powers plate tectonics is 

• radiation
• convection
• conduction
• subduction

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The lithosphere is broken in separate sections called ________________

• plates
• faults
• rift valley
• plate boundary

Sea-floor spreading is associated with what type of plate boundary?

• convergent boundary
• transform boundary 
• divergent boundary
• plate boundary

When two plates grind past the other a _________________ boundary is formed

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• rift valley

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Which is true about hotter material in the mantle?

• more dense, sinks
• less dense, sinks
• less dense, rises
• more dense, rises

This land formation occurs at a divergent continental/ continental boundary.

• mid ocean ridge
• deep ocean trench
• pacific hot spot
• rift valley

Which ocean is expanding due to a mid-ocean ridge?

• Indian
• Dead Sea
• Atlantic
• Artic

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This is when an oceanic plate sinks beneath a continental plate.

• Conversion
• Sedimentary Rock
• Subduction
• Transversion

The Himalayan Mountains are an example of this type of plate boundary.

• Convergent (ocean to continent)
• Convergent (continent to continent)
• Divergent
• Transform

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