Theory of Plate Tectonics

What happens at a divergent boundary?

• plates collide

• plates slide past

• plates melt

• plates move away from each other

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Plates slide past each other at a _______. 

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• convergent boundary

•  vent

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Which layer of Earth is divided into segments called tectonic plates?

• core

• mantle

• lithosphere

• hydrosphere

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What is the lithosphere?

• the crust and upper mantle

• the crust and lower mantle

• the plates

• the upper core and lower mantle

Convection in the _______ helps move pieces of the lithosphere around.

• crust

• outer core

• mantle

• inner core

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Which layer of Earth flows slowly and causes the crust to move?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer core

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The thinnest and outermost layer of Earth is called...

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

Which of the following is responsible for Earth's crust moving?

• Convection Currents

• Dynamo Effect

• Great Pressure

• Gravitational pull from the Sun

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What boundary does the picture show?

• Transfrom

• Divergent

• Convergent

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What boundary does this picture show?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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