Plate Tectonics

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?

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• subduction

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart
• Come together
• Slide past each other
• subducting

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Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?

• Fossils
• Mountains
• Glaciers
• Sand Erosion

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What is the most important method of heat transfer in Earth's mantle?

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• exfoliation

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Island Arc
• Flat land

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What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Volcano
• Mountain
• Rift
• Island Arc

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How are scientists able to estimate the thickness of each layer of the Earth? By studying __________

•  radio waves
• sonar waves
• laser waves
• earthquake waves

This is the plastic layer of the mantle upon which pieces of the lithosphere move.

• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Mesosphere
• Crust