Plate Tectonics and the Rock Cycle Review

Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.

• Pandora

• Gandowandaland

• Pangea

• Percia

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True or False: The continental plates move so quickly that we can feel them.

• True

• False

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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When two continental plates collide we get ________.

• crumbles

• volcanos

• trenches

• mountain ranges

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Associated with transform boundaries.

• Volcanoes
• mountains
• trenches
• earthquakes

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

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform
• Spreading

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Which layer of Earth flows slowly and causes the crust to move?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Label the Earth's layers.

a

b

c

d

Crust

Outer core

Mantle

Inner core

Geosphere

Subduction

Subduction means.....

• one plate goes under another plate

• two plates slide past each other

• two plate collide and form folded mountains

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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

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