Plates tectonics

Earth's plates meet at ____________.

• plate tectonics

• plate boundaries

• continental drift

• oceans

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Plates slide past each other at _________________ boundaries.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• universal

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A __________ forms where plates diverge on land.

• rift valley

• mid-ocean ridge

• mountain

• trench

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Plates slide apart along _____________ boundaries.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• universal

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Which theory describes the motion of the force driving Earth's Plates?

• continental drift

• plate tectonics

• first law of motion

• third law of motion

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Which feature forms at convergent boundaries?

• trench

• rift valley

• mountain range

• mid-ocean ridge

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A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

• Divergent Boundary
• Convergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction

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Subduction zones occur on Earth where dense oceanic crust dives under more buoyant continental crust. These boundaries are characterized by a deep ocean trench next to a high continental mountain range, large numbers of earthquakes and volcanoes. All of this is further evidence for the

• big bang theory.
• theory of plate tectonics.
• origin of the species.
• theory of natural selection.
  

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Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that

• the oceanic crust is melting.

• the denser ceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust

• volcanic islands are forming.

• the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.

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What geological forces might be responsible for this range of mountains?

• diverging tectonic plates
• erosion of the land by the ocean
• converging tectonic plates
• deposition of sediments by the ocean
  

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