Plate Tectonics & Continental Drift

Plate Tectonics & Continental Drift

9th Grade

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25 Qs

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Plate Tectonics & Continental Drift

Plate Tectonics & Continental Drift

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9th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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When two tectonic plates are moving away from each other, the boundary between them is called...

Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subduction

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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When two tectonic plates are moving toward each other, the boundary between them is called...

Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subduction

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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When two tectonic plates slide past each other, neither crashing together, nor pulling apart, the boundary between them is called...

Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subduction

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Sometimes, when two tectonic plates collide, one is pushed below the other; this action at the convergent boundary is called...

Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subduction

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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When an oceanic plate is subducted under a continental plate, a deep valley is formed in the ocean. What is this valley called? 

a trench
a rift zone
ocean spreading ridge
Continental crust

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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When a continental plate is pulled away from another continental plate, the area of crust that is thinned and pulled apart is called. 

a trench
a rift zone or rift valley
ocean spreading ridge
Continental crust

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When convergent plates collide, if both plates are pushed upward, this forms.  

Fissures
Mountain Ranges
Volcanoes
Rock Cycle

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