Unit 8 Review - Plate Tectonics

The Earth is broken into large pieces of the Lithosphere called -

• Bricks

• Tectonic Plates

• Pangea

• None of the above

Plates are able to move due to ________ in the mantel.

• solid rock forming

• the decreased temperate

• convection currents

• All of the above

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When a more dense plate moves beneath a less dense plate, this movement is called -

• Rift

• Subduction

• convection

• sea floor spreading

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Subduction occurs when two plates form a ___________ boundary.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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What is the area formed in the water just above the subduction zone?

• mid ocean ridge

• rift

• trench

• volcanic island arc

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Two continental plates moving towards each other, create a __________ boundary.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Two oceanic plates moving away from each other form a ___________ boundary.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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When plates slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions a ___________ boundary is created.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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When Pangea broke and separated, its pieces started to drift apart we refer to this as __________ Theory.

• Continental Drift Theory

• Tectonic Plate Theory

• The Big Bang Theory

• None the above

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When a convergent boundary is created by two oceanic plate, these are formed -

• volcanic mountain range

• Hot spots

• volcanic island arc

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