Plate Boundaries and the Ring of Fire

What would happen to the convection currents if the heat from the inner core disappeared? 

• They would stop. 
• They would change directions. 
• It would not change. 
• They would speed up. 

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The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a ________.

• divergent boundary
• convergent boundary
• transform fault
• subduction zone

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Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine zone

• divergence zone

• subduction zone

• lower zone

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Mountains form from ...

• plates sliding past one another
• collision of plates
• plates moving away from each other

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Oceanic crust is

• Younger and less dense than continental crust
• Thinner, younger and more dense than continental crust
• Older, thicker and less dense that continental crust
• Bigger and younger than continental crust

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What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Mountains
• Rift Valleys

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

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The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Plate Boundary

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Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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