Plates Tectonics

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

• fault

• plate boundary

• plate edge

• ring of fire

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Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______

• convection.

• continental drift.

• Earthquake

• conduction

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

• Converging

• Diverging

• Sliding

• No movement

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What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic

• ocean and basin

• lower and upper

• thick and thin

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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Where do we get new crust forming?

• Mid Ocean Ridges

• Trenches

• Earthquakes

• Subduction zones

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The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...

• death ring

• fire zone

• ring of fire

• zone of fire

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What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

• Rift Valleys

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Plates slide past one another at ____________ boundaries.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• submergent

What is Pangaea?

• The name of a German Scientist

• the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

• A pink volcano

• the name of an ancient fossil

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