Plate Tectonics Convergent and Divergent

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun

• Magnetic Pole Reversal

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide

• Two oceanic plates pull apart

• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

• Two continental plates pull apart

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The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.

• fault

• plate boundary

• plate edge

• ring of fire

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Locate the divergent boundary.

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Click on the likely location of a divergent boundary!

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A ​ (a)   boundary is when the go away from each other

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

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There are 2 types of divergent boundaries: ​ ​

(a)   - Continental

​ (b)   -Oceanic

• continental

• Oceanic

Below is a picture of sea-floor spreading. How are the ocean crusts moving?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Sliding

• No movement

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Subduction zones occur on Earth where dense oceanic crust dives under more buoyant continental crust. These boundaries are characterized by a deep ocean trench next to a high continental mountain range, large numbers of earthquakes and volcanoes. All of this is further evidence for the

• big bang theory.

• theory of plate tectonics.

• origin of the species.

• theory of natural selection.
  

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