Quarter 1-2 Science

Plates move apart at __________ boundaries.

• convergent

• stable

• divergent

• transform fault

Plates slide past each other at ________________.

• subduction zone

• divergent boundary

• convection current

• transform fault boundary

The boundary between two plates moving toward each other is called a _________.

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• lithosphere

• convergent boundary

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Seafloor spreading is located at _________________________.

• transform plate boundary

• convergent plate boundary

• divergent plate boundary

• Indian plate

Plate Tectonic Theory states that continents have moved ________ to their current location.

• vertically

• horizontally

• quickly

• slowly

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The East African Rift is an example of a _____________.

• mid-ocean ridge

• convergent boundary

• rift valley

• transform boundary

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The Himalayan mountain range of India was formed at the __________.

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• hot spot

• transform fault boundary

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Philippine plate moves toward __________.

• Australian plate

• Arabian plate

• Antarctic plate

• Eurasian plate

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The __________ is an example of a transform fault boundary.

• Appalachian Mountains

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• San Andreas Fault

• Himalayas

This is the type of plate boundary that occurs between the African Plate and the Arabian Plate.

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary

• convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary

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