Tectonics and Volcanoes

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______

• convection.

• continental drift.

• subduction.

• conduction.

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Below is a picture of sea-floor spreading. How are the ocean crusts moving?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Sliding

• No movement

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How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

• Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
• New crust is underwater where it sinks
• New crust breaks more easily than old crust

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A plate boundary at which two plate move parallel to each other (slide past)

• convergent plate boundary
• divergent plate boundary
• transform plate boundary
• subduction

the process where one tectonic plate moves under another

• convection

• divergent plate boundary
• transform plate boundary
• subduction

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What feature is formed on the continental crust at an oceanic-continental convergent boundary?

• volcanoes
• mid-ocean ridge
• ocean trench
• none of these features are formed at a oceanic-continental convergent boundary

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What type of boundary is in this image?

• convergent plate boundary
• divergent plate boundary
• transform plate boundary
• subduction

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What type of boundary is in this image?

• convergent plate boundary
• divergent plate boundary
• transform plate boundary
• subduction

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What new feature forms at a convergent plate boundary where two continental plates collide?

• mid-ocean ridge
• trench
• mountain range
• none of these features form

What would you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Mountains
• Rift

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