Plate Tectonics

What is a tectonic plate?

• A piece of the Earth's crust
• A piece of Earth's mantle
• A piece of Earth's core
• A piece of Earth's Moon

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The outer layer of the Earth is called the __________.

• core
• crust
• mantle
• plates

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

• True
• False

What causes tectonic plates to move along the Earth's surface?

• wind
• ocean currents
• convection in the mantle
• expansion of the Earth

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What is the process in which hot molten rock rises, then cools and sinks back to the core?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• convection
• divergence

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Wegener’s proposal of a supercontinent was supported by:

• earthquake data
• seafloor magnetism
• rock, fossil, and climate data.
• convection currents in the mantle.

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Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide
• Two oceanic plates pull apart
• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
• Two continental plates pull apart

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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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The area where two tectonic plates meet.

• mantle
• focus
• plate boundary
• convection

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What does the theory of Continental Drift explain?

• Ocean currents move continents around the planet

• Convection works deep within the asthenosphere

• Mid-ocean ridges force tectonic plates to move

• Continents were once together and slowly drifted to where they are today

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