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When plates slide past one another, _________ occur.

• divergent boundaries
• convection currents
• subduction zones
• transform faults

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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is formed at this boundary.

• Divergent
• Convergent
• Normal
• Transform

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Which of the four layers below is the youngest?

• B
• C
• D
• E

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What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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Wegener observed scratches from glaciers in Africa and India where it is currently too hot for glaciers to form. This is considered...

• Fossil Evidence

• Rock Formation Evidence

• Climate Evidence

• Objective Evidence

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A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a _______

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary.

• convergent boundary.

• rift valley.

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What is Pangaea?

• the name of a German scientist
• the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago
• another name for continental drift
• the name of an ancient fossil

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The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

• the rotation of the Earth.

• convection currents in the Asthenosphere

• the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

• the Moho discontinuity.

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Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that

• the oceanic crust is melting.

• the denser ceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust

• volcanic islands are forming.

• the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.

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What rock in the Oldest?

• Conglomerate

• Shale

• Breccia

• Sandstone

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