Chapter 14- Earth's Changing Surfaces Review

The hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current locations is called.

• continental drift

• continental slope

• magnetic reversal

• convection

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Plates move apart at __ boundaries.

• convergent

• stable

• divergent

• transform

Plates slide past one another at __.

• subduction zones

• transform boundaries

• convection currents

• divergent boundaries

__ are formed when two continental plates collide.

• Volcanoes

• Strike-slip faults

• Mountain ranges

• Rift valleys

What is a subduction zone?

• The hypothesis stating that continents move

• A zone where two tectonic plates move apart from each other

• The area where one plate slides under another

• The pulling force occurring at a divergent boundary

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What happens when an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide?

• The denser oceanic plate usually is forced down into the mantle

• The denser oceanic plate usually is forced up into a mountain range

• The denser continental plate usually is forced down into the mantle

• The denser continental plate usually is forced up into a mountain range

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

If, after an eruption, the top of a volcano collapses down, a __ forms.

• caldera

• vent

• crater

• volcanic neck

Where do volcanoes NOT usually form?

• convergent plate boundaries

• divergent plate boundaries

• over hotspots in the middle of plates

• transform plate boundaries

Long streams of molten rock from volcanoes are called.

• volcanic ash

• a caldera

• lava flows

• a seismic event

_____ cause chemical weathering.

• Freezing and thawing

• Plant roots

• Acids and oxygen

• Streams and glaciers