Tectonic Plates Quiz Review

Rigid sections of earth's crust that float on molten rock and move with respect to each other

• Asthenosphere

• Ice Caps

• Tectonic Plates

• Continents

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Layer of earth that tectonic plates are found in

• Inner core

• Outer core

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

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Boundary where two plates slide past each other

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

Boundary where two plates pull away from each other

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

Boundary where two plates come together, or collide

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

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Force that causes tectonic plates to move

• Gravity

• Wave motion

• Convection Currents

• Friction

Generation of new crust on the ocean floor increases the size of the Earth.

• True

• False

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When two plates collide and one sinks under the other

• Collision

• Diversion

• Subduction

• Inversion

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Why does seafloor spreading not increase earth's size?

• Earthquakes break crust into fragments

• Subducted crust is recycled

• Water erodes tectonic plates

• Ice caps cause crust to sink

The Theory of Continental Drift is supported by (choose multiple)

• similar rocks on different continents

• continents fit together like a puzzle

• solid rock formations down to the core

• similar fossils on different continents

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