8.9B Practice

Earth’s rocky crust is ______ and ________ on the asthenosphere.

• moving and floating

• bouncing and dancing

• skipping and boiling

• colliding and slicing

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The theory of plate tectonics explains

• how continents have changed position over time.

• how the continents moved together

• why the inner core is solid

• why the mantle is composed of different minerals

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__________ in the mantle of earth create the movement of plates.

• Movement

• Collision

• Convection Currents

• Divergent movement

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Which type of crust is the densest?

• oceanic crust

• continental crust

• divergent crust

• transform crust

This area is called the....

• Arc of Volcanoes

• Ring of Fire

• Horseshoe of Magma

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Match the following

• transform

• 
• convergent

• 
• divergent

• 

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What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake
• Volcano Eruption
• Tornado
• Mountain Building

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Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?

• Fossils
• Mountains
• Glaciers
• Sand Erosion

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Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

• At plate boundaries
• in oceans
• in the middle of continents
• in the middle of plates

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Which of the following is evidence that supports continental drift?

• the presence of penguins at both the equator and Antarctica
• fossils of the same plant have been found on several continents
• the presence of glacial features in Antarctica
• the presence of volcanic rock in Antarctica

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