Plate Tectonics

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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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart
• Come together
• Slide past each other
• subducting

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Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 280 Million Years ago.

• Pangea

• Gondwanda

• Laurasia

• Neverland

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Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?

• Fossils
• Mountains
• Glaciers
• Sand Erosion

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What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Island Arc
• Flat land

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What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Volcano
• Mountain
• Rift
• Island Arc

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The core is mostly made up mostly of which elements?

• Oxygen and Silicon
• Silicon and Magnesium
• Nickel and Iron
• Iron and Magnesium

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How are scientist able to estimate the thickness of each layer of the Earth?By studying __________

•  radio waves
• sonar waves
• laser waves
• seismic waves

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This is the plastic layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere move.

• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Mesosphere
• Crust

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