Earthquakes

San Andreas fault is what kind of fault?

• Normal

• Thrust

• Perpetual

• Strike-Slip Fault

T or F: When strike slip fault occur at plate boundaries, the fault allows molten rock from under the crust to fill in the gap and form new land.

• TRUE

• FALSE

When molten rocks pushes up between plates in the sea, it causes the plates to spread apart. The magma then cools and forms new land. This is called ________

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The Mariana Trench was was created by what fault?

• Reverse

• Normal

• Strike Slip

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Choose answer/answers: What makes up the lithosphere?

• crust

• inner core

• upper mantle

• lower mantle

On a piece of paper, explain what the Theory of Plate Tectonics is.

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__________ is where the plates meet

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Some scientists believe that at one time the earth could have been a single land mass that they call _____

• Pandora

• Pangaea

• Panacea

• Panama

T or F: The energy built when two plates push and scrape each other takes only a few hours

• True

• False

Answer explanation

This energy may build up for MANY years. (Page 6)

The ____________ in Africa is an example of a separating plate boundary caused by a normal fault.

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