Plate Tectonics

Approximately how many tectonic plates make up the lithosphere?

• 1-5

• 8-10

• 15-20

• 30-40

The "engine" that drives tectonic plate motion is...

• Subduction in the outer core

• Convection in the mantle

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

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Tectonic plates moving apart form a...

• mid-ocean ridge

• deep ocean trench

• subduction zone

• continental plate

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The San Andreas Fault on the U.S. west coast is a __________________________ boundary.

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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Evidence of continental drift includes...

• animal and plant fossil remains found on opposite sides of the oceans

• shapes of continents appear to fit together like a puzzle

• magnetic material alignment on opposite sides of mid-ocean ridges

• all of the above

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A continental-continental convergent boundary will often cause...

• convection

• conduction

• mid-ocean ridges

• mountain formation

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Underwater subduction zones at convergent boundaries will usually form...

• deep-ocean trenches

• mid-ocean ridges

• tsunamis

• islands

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Igneous rock forms from...

• material under high heat and pressure

• magma or lava that has cooled and hardened

• sediment that is compacted and cemented

Metamorphic rock forms from...

• material under high heat and pressure

• magma or lava that has cooled and hardened

• sediment that has collected, compacted and cemented

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Sedimentary rock forms from...

• material under high heat and pressure

• magma or lava that has cooled and hardened

• sediment that has collected, compacted and cemented

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