Plate Tectonics

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

• Divergent Boundary
• Convergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction

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Scientists hypothesize that a super continent existed 200 million years ago.  This continent is called

• America
• Super Earth
• Pangea
• Eurasia

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A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction

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What is the difference between the lithosphere and asthenosphere that makes up the mantle?

• The lithosphere is a mixture of gasses while the asthenosphere is made of solid rock
• The lithosphere is molten rock that moves while the asthenosphere is ridid and thin
• The lithosphere is made of solid rock while the asthenosphere is more flexible hot rock that moves.

Convergent Plate Movement can create

• Rifts
• Mountains
• Ocean Ridges
• Radiation

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

• Convection
• Radiation
• Conduction
• Wind

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Divergent Plate movement can create

• Convection Currents
• Conduction
• Mountains
• Rifts and mid-ocean ridges

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When pressure builds between two tectonic plates, it can suddenly release causing ______________________

• an Earthquake

• a Volcano

• a Convection Current

• Gravitational Pull

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The movement of metals within the earth's outer core cause a ____________________________ that is detectable on the earth's surface using a compass

• Gravitational Pull
• Volcanic Eruption
• Magnetic field
• Convection Current

A German scientist Alfred Wegener was the first to hypothesize that ...........

• Continents were once joined
• The sea floor is spreading
• Continents are moving (drifing) apart

• The Earth's magnetic pole flips

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