Constructive and Destructive Forces

The crust of the earth is broken into large pieces that move slowly on the mantle of the Earth. These are called ______.

• continents

• tectonic plates

• landslides

• mountains

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Choose all that apply. Plates can move ___

• away from each other

• past each other

• on top of each other

• against each other

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What form along plate boundaries?

• Volcanoes

• oceans

• earthquakes

• mountains

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Converge means to come together. What landform is created by convergent boundaries?

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What type of boundary is forms volcanoes?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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What is caused by transformed boundaries ?

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The crack in the earth's crust from plates sliding past each other is called _____

• fault

• ocean

• crater

• Tsunami

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True or False - Earthquakes are DESTRUCTIVE

• TRUE

• FALSE

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True are False - Earthquakes are CONSTRUCTIVE

• True

• False

Scientist use this machine to detect vibrations during an earthquake. What is this machine called?

• calculator

• scale

• thermometer

• Seismograph

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