Openscied 6.4 Plate Tectonics

Where are volcanoes most likely to form?

• along plate boundaries

• near the center of continents

• near water

• on the moon

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What mountain range is Mt. Everest in?

• The Olympics

• The Cascades

• The Himalayas

• The Rockies

What is an earthquake?

• When the earth causes an upward thrust in the epicenter.
• When the earth moves up and down along the ocean floor.
• When tectonic plates move against each other causing the earth to move. 
• None of the above

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What would this type of plate movement create?

• Deep earthquakes with volcanoes above it in a line pattern.

• Shallow earthquakes with scattered volcanoes

• A ridge-like area.

• Nothing would happen

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What would this type of plate movement result in?

• A new ocean.

• A hole in the ground.

• Thin layers of crust. Possibly volcanoes.

• Mountains

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Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

• Countries
• Tetonic Plates
• Climate Zones
• None of the above.

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Plates that move together can form...

• Rifts

• Mountains

• Ocean Ridges

• Radiation

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_______________ Currents within the mantle cause the earth's plates to move and shifts molten material rises and falls due to density and gravity

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Wind

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When plates move away from each other, this can create...

• Convection Currents

• Conduction

• Mountains

• Rifts and ocean ridges

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When pressure builds between two tectonic plates, it can suddenly release causing a (an) ______________________

• Earthquake
• Volcano
• Convection Current
• Gravitational Pull

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