Plate Tectonics I

In the Atlantic ocean, where is the youngest seafloor located?

• Towards the edges, near the eastern and western continents
• Towards the middle of the ocean
• Towards the north and south poles
• Young seafloor is located randomly throughout the ocean

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The entire cycle of heating occurring in the mantle is called

• Convection currents
• Compound currents
• heat currents
•  subcurrents

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What is the force that moves the continents? 

• Conduction 
• Convection 
• Radiation 
• Conveyor belts 

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What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and basin
• lower and upper
• thick and thin

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Lava that is still deep inside the earth is called ____________________________.

• lava
• magma
• volcano
• earthquake

This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!

• New Madrid

• Denali Fault

• Ramapo Seismic Zone

• San Andreas Fault

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What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Slide/Transform

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What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Slide/Transform

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The San Andreas Fault is an example of what type of boundary?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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