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Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form?

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Reform

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Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine zone
• divergence zone
• subduction zone
• lower zone

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Where can you find a rift or divergent area of volcanism?

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• Pacific Ocean

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Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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The geological theory of _______ states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motion.

• subduction

• plate tectonics

• deep-ocean trenches

• sea-floor spreading

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One major belt of volcanoes that surrounds the Pacific Ocean

• Ring of Fire

• Ring of Asia

• Ring o' earthquakes

• Ring a ding ding

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The scientist credited with sea-floor spreading is _________

• Alfred Wegener, a German scientist

• Harry Hess, an American geologist

• J.Tuzo Wilson, a Canadian scientist

• Kenn Bulaso, a Filipino educator

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

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