Plate Tectonics

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Tectonic plates
• Puzzles
• Earthquakes

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Lava that is still deep inside the earth is called ____________________________.

• lava
• magma
• volcano
• earthquake

This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!

• New Madrid

• Denali Fault

• Ramapo Seismic Zone

• San Andreas Fault

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What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Slide/Transform

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What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Slide/Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Mountains form from....

• Tectonic plates sliding past one another
• Collision of tectonic plates
• Tectonic plates moving away from each other
• Tectonic plates disappearing

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What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?

• Supreme Continent
• Eurasia
• Plate tectonics
• Pangea

This is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates.

• Mantle convection currents
• Oceanic convection currents
• Atmospheric convection currents
• Solar convection currents

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 A land feature that is produced at a convergent boundary is

• a valley
• an ocean
• a canyon
• a volcano

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