Rock Cycle and Plate Tectonics

Which of the following are evidence of plate tectonics?

• continents fit together like a puzzle
• similar plants and animals found on different continents
• evidence of climate change
• all of the these

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Earthquakes and volcanoes occur at plate boundaries.

• True
• False

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A break in a rock

• fold
• fault
• anticline
• syncline

Rocks that form when a volcano erupts and magma cools quickly. 

• sedimentary
• igneous
• metamorphic

Rock that forms due to intense heat and pressure.

• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• igneous

In which type of rock are fossils formed?

• igneous
• sedimentary
• metamorphic

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The Law of Superposition states that the oldest rocks are on the bottom and the youngest rocks are on top.

• True
• False

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What causes tectonic plates to move?

• the ocean
• convection currents in the mantle
• the wind
• mysterious beings

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How is it possible for marine organisms to be found in deserts or on top of tall mountains?

• they flew
• other animals dragged them there
• these areas must have been oceans at one time
• it's not possible

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The best answer for section "4 and 9" in the diagram

• metamorphic/melting

• compaction/cementation

• weathering/erosion

• heat/pressure

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