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Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form?

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Reform

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Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur...

• along the coast
• along tectonic plate boundaries
• in the Arctic
• in the ocean

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True or False : Sea-floor Spreading adds new material to the ocean floor?

• True
• False

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This famous transform fault is located in the western United States creates significant earthquake activity for California

• New Madrid
• Denali Fault
• Ramapo Seismic Zone
• San Andreas

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Tectonic plates are still moving, causing continents to drift.

• True
• False

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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A  line of volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean basin is the 

• Ring of Fire
• Aleutian Islands
• Hawaiian Islands
• Caribbean Islands

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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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Which observation about the Mid-Atlantic Ridge region provides the best evidence that the seafloor has been spreading for millions of years?

• the bedrock of the ridge and nearby seafloor is igneous rock

• the ridge is the location of irregular volcanic eruptions

• several faults cut across the ridge and nearby seafloor

• seafloor bedrock is younger near the ridge and older farther away

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Put in the correct order from oldest to youngest.

• O,N,M,L,Q,P,H,I,J,K

• Q,O,N,M,L,P,H,I,J,K

• Q,P,O,N,M,L,H,I,J,K

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