Benchmark 24/25 Review

answer the 4 questions down below

• tectonic plates that make up the continents

• subduction
• tectonic plates that make up the ocean floor

• continental plates
• boundaries where tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally

• convergent boundaries

• the process of one tectonic plate sliding beneath another

• transform boundaries

• boundaries where tectonic plates collide or come together

• oceanic plates

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Match the following images with vocabulary.

• Transform Boundary

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• Continental Drift

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• Divergent Boundary

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• Convergent Boundary

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Select all that are TRUE about Continental Drift.

• Supercontinent was known as Continental Ridge

• Supercontinent was known as Pangaea

• Pangaea was the area between continents

• Continental Ridge was the area between continents

Select all that are TRUE about Tectonic Plates.

• Creates Divided Boundary

• Creates Divergent Boundary

• Creates Convergent Boundary

• Creates Concave Boundary

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Select all that are TRUE about Divergent Boundary.

• Forms Pacific Ring of Fire

• Plates will move toward each other

• Plates will move away from each other

• Forms Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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​ (a)   was proposed by ​ (b)   and suggested that the ​ (c)   are in constant motion.

• Continental drift

• Alfred Wegener

• continents

• Harry Hess

• Seafloor Spreading

• oceans

Answer explanation

The theory of Continental drift, proposed by Alfred Wegener, suggests that the continents are in constant motion.

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​ (a)   was proposed by ​ (b)   and suggested that the ​ (c)   are in constant motion.

• Continental drift

• Alfred Wegener

• continents

• Harry Hess

• Seafloor Spreading

• oceans

Answer explanation

The theory of Continental drift, proposed by Alfred Wegener, suggests that the continents are in constant motion.

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Subduction means.....

• one plate goes under another plate

• two plates slide past each other

• two plate collide and form folded mountains

Answer explanation

Subduction refers to one plate going under another plate, which is the correct choice. This process leads to the formation of trenches and volcanic activity.

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Match the following

• divergent

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• convergent

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• transform

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Convergent boundary

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(b) Divergent boundary

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(c) Transform boundary

• mid-ocean ridge

• trench

• only earthquakes

• rift valley

• volcanoes

• mountains

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