Plate Tectonics

This image represents this type of boundary

• Divergent
• Transform
• Convergent
• Subduction

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At a divergent boundary, tectonic plates move in what way? 

• Tectonic plates move towards each other
• Tectonic plates slide past each other
• Tectonic plates move up and down
• Tectonic plates move away from each other

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The outer layer of the Earth is called the __________.

• core
• crust
• mantle
• plates

The liquid layer below the Earth's crust is the

• core
• lava
• magma
• mantle

What boundary creates mountains?

• convergent
• divergent
• transform
• fast

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The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

• Divergent
• Convergent
• Reform
• Transform

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What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and upper
• lower and upper
• pizza and subway

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When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?

• oceanic
• continental
• neither

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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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What is the source of energy that drives plate movement?

• the subducton of the sea floor

• the different densities of the oceanic and crustal plates

• convection currents in the asthenosphere

• the friction force between the plates that move past each other

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