Plate Tectonics

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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Where are the youngest rocks on Earth found?

• Along mid-ocean ridges

• Along transform boundaries

• On the edges of the continents

• Near ocean trenches

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Who was the scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift?

• Alfred Powell

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Ernest Rutherford

How far do tectonic plates move each year?

• Meters per year

• Centimeters per year

• Kilometers per year

• Feet per year

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The super continent that existed when all continents were together was named

• Gondwana

• Laurasia

• Eurasia

• Pangea

At this boundary plates slide past one and other and earthquakes are created

• Transform

• Continental-Continental Convergent

• Divergent

• Oceanic-Continental Convergent

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Mountains are created along

• Transform boundaries

• Continental-Continental Convergent

• Divergent

• Oceanic-Continental Convergent

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Subduction zones occur along

• Transform boundaries

• Continental-Continental boundaries

• Divergent boundaries

• Oceanic-Continental boundaries

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How do the plates move along a divergent boundary?

• They move towards one another

• They move away from one another

• They move past one another

• One move up the other moves down

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How do the plates move along convergent boundaries?

• They move towards one another

• They move away from one another

• They move past one another

• One moves up and one moves down

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