Plate Tectonics

Which scientist is credited for the theory of plate tectonics?

• Harry Hess

• Marie Tharp

• Alfred Wegener

• John Tuzo Wilson

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What process in the mantle causes plates to move?

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Volcanic Eruption

  
  

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What kind of boundary is a mid-ocean ridge?

• Wet

• Oceanic

• Convergent

• Divergent

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What is another name for "tectonic plates?"

• Lithospheric Plates

• Continental Drift

• Seafloor Spreading

• Oceanic & Continental Crust

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What kind of geographic feature causes volcanic islands like Hawaii?

• Tsunamis

• Hot Spot

• Earthquakes

• Transform Faults

There is a convergent boundary between the South American Plate and Nazca Plate. What kind of landform is formed?

• Seafloor Spreading

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Trench

• Rift Valley

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There is a convergent boundary between the Pacific Plate and Philippine Plate. What kind of landform is formed?

• Rift Valley

• Mountain

• Trench

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

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There is a convergent boundary between the Eurasian Plate and Indian Plate. What kind of landform is formed?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Mountain Range

• Trench

• Hot Spot

What type of boundary did John Tuzo Wilson discover?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Ocean

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What kind of plates are in this divergent boundary showing a mid-ocean ridge?

• oceanic / oceanic

• continental / continental

• continental / oceanic

• pizza / sandwich

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