Plate Tectonics

The volcanoes located on the Ring of Fire are most likely caused by

• seafloor spreading

• a transform boundary

• a subduction zone

• metamorphism

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Which of the following does NOT provide evidence for the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

• Similar fossils found on different continents

• Continents seem to fit together

• Traces of glacial activity found on different continents

• Different types of rocks found on different continents

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Which best describes this diagram?

• divergent boundary

• subduction zone

• transform boundary

• volcanic islands forming

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The diagram illustrates that

• seafloor spreading occurs at a convergent boundary

• the oldest oceanic crust is located far from where the plates are separating

• the continents are slowly moving toward each other

• the youngest oceanic crust is located far from where it is separating

The densest layer of Earth is

• the lithosphere

• the mantle

• the core

• the crust

The source of energy that drives or causes tectonic plate movement is

• convection currents in the mantle

• subduction of oceanic crust

• plates grinding past one another

• slab pull

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This movement of tectonic plates will MOST likely cause

• mountains to form

• seafloor spreading

• an earthquake

• a rift valley

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What causes the tectonic plates to move?

• rotation of the Earth

• convection currents

• earthquakes

• gravity from the core

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The Earth's surface is divided into

• several oceanic plates

• oceanic and continental plates

• continental and crustal plates

• seven continental plates

Why does the continental crust rise over the oceanic crust?

• The continental crust is less dense.

• The oceanic crust is thinner.

• The continental crust is not made of granite.

• The oceanic crust is younger.