Topic 8 (Lessons 1-4) Plate Tectonics

Mountains form from ...

• plates moving away from each other

• collision of plates

• plates sliding past one another

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The zipper-like mountain ranges that run across the floors of the ocean are called

• tectonic plates

• mid-ocean ridges

• subduction zones

• convergent boundaries

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Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• lower zone

• subduction zone

• divergence zone

• submarine zone

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Because the region around the Pacific Ocean is prone to volcanic activity and earthquakes, it is known as the:

• "Circle of Fire"

• "Ring of Lava"

• "Ring of Fire"

• "Circle of Magma"

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Associated with transform boundaries:

• earthquakes

• trenches

• mountains

• volcanoes

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What happens to temperature as you go deeper in the Earth?

• remains the same

• fluctuates

• increases

• decreases

Name the plate boundary

• crust boundary

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

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Name the plate boundary

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• crust boundary

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Name the plate boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• crust boundary

• convergent boundary

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What is represented by the picture?

• Sea-floor spreading

• Pangaea

• How the continents are arranged today

• Volcanoes

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