Plate Tectonics
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Mr. Hesterman
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Geography
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8th Grade
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1.
Multiple Choice
The idea that continents were once part of a single landmass that broke apart and
moved
Continental Drift
Tectonic Plates
Transform
2.
Multiple Choice
Tectonic plates
Puzzles
Earthquakes
3.
Multiple Choice
The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by
the rotation of the Earth.
convection currents in the Asthenosphere
the gravity of the iron-nickel core.
the Moho discontinuity.
4.
Multiple Choice
Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that
the oceanic crust is melting.
the denser oceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust
volcanic islands are forming.
the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.
5.
Multiple Choice
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______
convection.
continental drift.
subduction.
conduction.
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