Plate tectonics Review

Tectonic plates consist of

• continental crust

• mesospheric crust

• both continental and oceanic crust

• oceanic crust

The idea that the continents were once part of a single landmass that broke apart and

moved is

• Continental Drift

• Tectonic Plates

• Transform

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Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of...

• America, Greenland, and Europe

• Antarctica, India, and America

• all of Earth’s continents

• South Africa, India, Australia, and South America

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Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is caused by

• the rotation of the Earth.

• the Earth's magnetic field.

• subduction.

• convection currents.

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A location where two tectonic plates collide is known as a _________ boundary.

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform
• Spreading

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Associated with transform boundaries.

• Volcanoes
• mountains
• trenches
• earthquakes

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When plates collide we get ________.

• crumbles

• volcanos

• trenches

• mountain ranges

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What is an earthquake?

• When the earth causes an upward thrust in the epicenter.
• When the earth moves up and down along the ocean floor.
• When tectonic plates slide against each other causing the earth to move. 

• None of the above

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Sea-floor spreading explains how.....

• new crust is created at a divergent boundary

• volcanoes are formed on continents

• deep sea trenches are formed

When two plates separate.

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• asthenosphere

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