Plate Tectonics

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine zone

• divergence zone

• subduction zone

• convergence zone

This is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates.

• Mantle convection currents

• Oceanic convection currents

• Atmospheric convection currents

• Solar convection currents

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This is the theory that states that all the continents started as a single massive continent and have been MOVING apart for over 200 million years and the man that proposed it.

• The Big Bang Theory, Einstein

• The Pangea Theory, Hutton

• The Tectonic Plate Theory, Darwin

• The Continental Drift Theory, Wegner

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The movement of plates at a divergent boundary

• move towards each other

• slide past each other

• move up and down

• move away from each other

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A land feature that is produced at a convergent boundary is

• valley

• ocean

• canyon

• volcano

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Sea floor spreading happens at what type of boundary

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Mountainous

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During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...

• along the continents

• at the mid ocean ridges

• deep ocean trenches

• at north and south poles

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This is an example of -

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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This is an example of -

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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The mantle of Earth is made partly of magma. When magma rises and sinks, this is called ______________. 

• a conduction current

• a hot spot

• a volcanic eruption

• a convection current