Plate Tectonics

What occurs when two plates move away from each other, causing earthquakes and magma to rise from the Earth's mantle?

• Oceanic-Continental Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Convection Current

Which type of boundary involves plates slipping past each other, often causing earthquakes?

• Oceanic Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Mesosphere

What is the movement of fluid caused by heat transfer called?

• Radiation

• Convection Current

• Hot Spots

• Inner Core

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What is the name of the supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago?

• Mid Ocean Ridges

• Pangaea

• Harry Hess

• Mesosphere

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Who suggested the process of sea-floor spreading?

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac Newton

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What is the longest chain of underwater mountains called?

• Oceanic Ridge

• Mid Ocean Ridges

• Transform Boundary

• Hot Spots

What is the center of the Earth composed mostly of?

• Nickel

• Iron

• Copper

• Aluminum

What is conduction?

• The transfer of heat within a material or between materials that are touching

• The downward movement of the Earth's crust

• The gradual movement of continents

• The boundary between tectonic plates

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What is subduction?

• The gradual movement of continents

• The downward movement of the edge of a plate into the mantle

• The transfer of heat within a material

• The boundary between tectonic plates

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What does continental drift refer to?

• The transfer of heat within a material

• The downward movement of the Earth's crust

• The gradual movement of continents across the Earth's surface

• The boundary between tectonic plates

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