Plate Tectonics Video

What lies over the Earth's mantle?

• The Earth's core

• The atmosphere

• The ocean

• The Earth's solid crust

What causes the movement of the mantle's hot rocks?

• Tidal forces

• Wind

• Magnetic fields

• Convection currents

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What is formed at a divergent boundary?

• Rivers

• Deserts

• New oceanic crust

• Mountains

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What was the name of the supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago?

• Gondwana

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Eurasia

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What type of boundary is formed when two plates are moving towards each other?

• Isolated boundary

• Transform boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

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