Earth Processes

Earth's plates meet at ____________.

• plate tectonics

• plate boundaries

• continental drift

• oceans

Plates slide past each other at _________________ boundaries.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• universal

A __________ forms where plates diverge on land.

• rift valley

• mid-ocean ridge

• mountain

• trench

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________________ currents in the Asthenosphere is thought be be one of the forces that cause Earth's plate to move.

• ocean

• atmosphere

• wind

• convection

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Plates slide apart along _____________ boundaries.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• universal

The San Andreas fault is an example of which type of boundary?

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

• universal

A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move is called a ________.

• plate

• rift

• fault

• breach

A ______ is a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying large slabs of continental and oceanic crust.

• wedge

• plate

• chunk

• fault

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What is the name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago?

• Panthalassa

• Laurasia

• Gondwanna

• Pangaea

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The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor is called ___________.

• Divergent boundary

• Sea-floor spreading

• Convergent boundary

• Renovating 

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