7 Plate Tectonics

What is the Earth's surface "broken up" into?

• Basins

• Mountains

• Tectonic plates

• Continents

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What can scientists use to track the history of plate movements?

• Written Records and Recordings

• Fossil records and rock layers

• Ocean currents and wind patterns

• Historical documents and maps

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What natural feature is Vasquez Rocks an example of?

• Volcano

• Tectonic plate boundary

• Meteorite impact site

• Erosion by water

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What process is responsible for the movement of tectonic plates?

• Gravitational pull from the moon

• Magnetic field interactions

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Expansion and contraction due to temperature changes

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What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Subduction

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What type of plate boundary happens when two plates slowly crash into each other?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Subduction

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What type of plate boundary happens when two plates slide apart?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Subduction

What is subduction?

• The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle

• The lifting of rock layers by tectonic forces

• The sliding of continental plates past each other

• The process by which new oceanic crust forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidifies

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What is uplift?

• The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle

• The lifting of rock layers by tectonic forces

• The sliding of continental plates past each other

• The process by which new oceanic crust forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidifies

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Name two types of natural disasters that often occur at plate boundaries.

• Earthquakes and volcanoes

• Tornadoes and hurricanes

• Tsunamis and droughts

• Floods and landslides

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