Plate Tectonics New

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

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Earthquakes are most common around plate boundaries.

• True

• False

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Pangaea means " (a)   "

What are three types of plate boundaries?

• Sliding

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

At which boundary is subduction occurring?

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___________ is the process by which one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate.

• subduction

• ridge push

• mid-ocean ridge

• convection

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____________ are underwater mountain belts.

• mid-ocean ridges

• convection currents

• tectonic plates

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Who proposed the theory of continental drift?

• Marie Curie

• Isaac Newton

• Alfred Wegener

• Charles Darwin

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What evidence did Alfred Wegener use to support the theory of continental drift?

• paleontological evidence, magnetic field data, and seismic activity

• fit of the continents, matching fossil evidence, and similar rock formations

• climate patterns, ocean currents, and plate tectonics

• oceanic trenches, volcanic activity, and mountain ranges

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What causes the movement of tectonic plates?

• Convection currents in the Earth's mantle

• Friction between the plates

• Gravitational pull from the moon

• Volcanic eruptions

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