Tectonic Plates

The Ring of Fire is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. What claim can be made about the Ring of Fire from this information?

• It is the only place on Earth where earthquakes can happen.

• The edges of the tectonic plates are moving in this area.

• It represents the areas where tectonic plates are the thickest.

• It has been getting larger since Earth first formed.

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A force caused the continents to drift apart over time. Once scientists figured out what that force was, the theory of plate tectonics was born! The image above shows what Geologists think the Earth looked like millions of years ago. What name was given to this land mass.

• Plate Tectonics

• Oceana

• Pangea

• North America

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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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Tectonic plates are constantly moving at different rates and in different directions.

• True
• False

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At divergent boundaries, tectonic plates...

• slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions
• move away from each other
• move toward each other
• None of the above.

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At convergent plate boundaries, tectonic plates move toward each other.

• True
• False

At transform boundaries, tectonic plates....

• move toward each other
• slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions
• slide horizontally past each other in the same direction
• move away from each other

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The earth is hotter in the center than near the crust.

• True
• False

Earthquakes are common at ________ boundaries.

• transform
• convergent
• divergent

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The place where two different plates have contact.

• Pacific Plate

• Mountains

• Earthquakes

• Plate Boundaries