Plate Boundaries Literacy

What evidence is there for plate tectonics? Choose the best answer.

• X-rays of the Earth that scientists have taken.

• Evidence from drilling into the Earth.

• Satellite images that show the outlines of the plates.

• Geologic events like earthquakes and volcanoes that happen at their boundaries.

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What happens in a subduction zone? Choose the best answer.

• Two plates slide past each other and cause earthquakes.

• Two plates come together of different densities and one sinks under the other and melts.

• Two oceanic plates diverge and create a ridge.

• Two continental plates collide and form mountains.

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What is the creation of new crust at divergent oceanic boundaries called? Choose the best answer.

• Seafloor spreading

• Subduction zones

• Volcanic island arcs

• Faulting

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Which boundary is characterized by the creation of volcanoes? Choose the best answer.

• Convergent boundaries

• Divergent boundaries

• Transform boundaries

• All plate boundaries

True or False: Earthquakes can happen at any plate boundary due to the tension between the plates.

• True

• False

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When a continental plate and an oceanic plate converge they create a(n)

(a)  

• ocean trench
• moutain
• volcano

Mountains are formed at continental plates that converge because they have similar ​

(a)  

• densities
• masses
• weights
• sizes

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The weak spots at a transform boundary where breaks occur are referred to as ______.

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Destructive forces ​ (a)   the crust and constructive forces ​ (b)   the crust.

• build up
• break down
• create
• add to

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One piece of evidence for Plate Tectonics is that--

• some continents appear to fit together like a puzzle.

• we have video footage of the plates actually moving.

• all continents have formed from volcanic eruptions.

• the continents are no longer moving.

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