Plate Tectonics

What is Plate Tectonics?

• The study of earthquakes

• The movement of continents

• The formation of mountains

• All of the above

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How many major plates are there?

• 5

• 10

• 15

• 20

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What are the two types of plates?

• Ocean Plates and Land Plates

• Ocean Plates and Continent Plates

• Continent Plates and Mountain Plates

• Mountain Plates and Ocean Plates

What happens at a Divergent Boundary?

• Plates move away from each other

• Plates collide with each other

• Plates slide past each other

• Plates sink under each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What landform is formed when two Continent Plates collide?

• Valley

• Volcano

• Mountain

• Ocean

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What causes volcanic activity at a Subduction Zone?

• Water turning into steam

• Earthquakes

• Plate sliding past each other

• Magma rising to the surface

Where are most of the volcanoes found?

• Around the Pacific Ocean

• Around the Atlantic Ocean

• Around the Indian Ocean

• Around the Arctic Ocean

What type of boundary causes earthquakes?

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform-Fault Boundary

• Subduction Zone

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What theory explains the movement of continents?

• Plate Tectonics

• Continental-Drift Theory

• Volcanic Theory

• Earthquake Theory

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What evidence supports the Continental-Drift Theory?

• Shapes of continents

• Same rocks on different continents

• Fossils of the same plants

• All of the above

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