Match each tectonic boundary with its description. 5. Transform boundary - Tectonic plates that move towards each other. 6. Divergent Boundary - Tectonic plates that move away from each other. 7. Convergent Boundary - Tectonic plates that slide past each other.

Groups:

(a) TRANSFORM BOUNDRY

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(b) DIVERGENT BOUNDRY

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(c) CONVERGENT BOUNDRIES

• plates that move towards each other.

• plates that move past each other.

• plates that move away from each other.

Earth’s core is made mostly of ____________.

• iron and nickel
• copper and silver

• gold

• magma

The mantle is Earth’s thickest layer. It makes up ____________ of earth.

• half (1/2)

• one third (1/3)

• two thirds (2/3)

• one forth (1/4)

Earth’s crust is made up of about ____________ major tectonic plates.

• 6

• 25

• 52

• 8

The inner core is ________________ and the outer core is ________________.

______________ was a super continent that existed between 200 - 300 million years ago until it began to slowly drift apart.

• d) Pangaea
• Hawaii

• Japan

• Taiwan

The movement of tectonic plates can result in?

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Mountains

• All of these

The machine used to measure the strength of seismic waves is called a ________________.

• b) seismograph
• telegraph

• quake-graph

• autograph

A smaller unpredictable earthquake after the larger main earthquake is called an ________________.

• small earthquake

• shake quake

• aftershock

• delayed quake

The Richter scale is used to determine the strength of an earthquake. The Richter Scale ranges from ________________.

• I to X

• 0.0 to 100.0

• 1.0 to 10.0

• A to Z