T5 Experience 2 Quizizz

What is Earth's lithosphere broken into?

• Continents

• Tectonic plates

• Oceans

• Mountains

What causes tectonic plates to move?

• Gravity from the moon

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Earth's rotation

• Wind currents

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What is a convection current?

• A type of energy transfer caused by differences in temperature and density

• A movement of air in the atmosphere

• A process of water freezing and melting

• A type of earthquake wave

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What is one result of interactions at plate boundaries?

• Formation of mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes, and ocean trenches

• Creation of deserts and forests

• Formation of rivers and lakes

• Creation of glaciers and ice caps

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What is the main difference between oceanic crust and continental crust?

• Oceanic crust is less dense than continental crust.

• Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust.

• Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust.

• Continental crust is made of liquid magma.

How do mountains form at a convergent boundary?

• By the plates moving apart.

• By the plates sliding past each other.

• By the plates colliding and pushing each other up.

• By the plates sinking into the mantle.

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Which two tectonic plates collided to form the Himalayan mountains?

• The Pacific Plate and the Eurasian Plate.

• The Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate.

• The African Plate and the South American Plate.

• The North American Plate and the Pacific Plate.

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What role do convection currents play in plate tectonics?

• They cause the plates to sink into the mantle.

• They move the plates together.

• They create new plates.

• They stop the plates from moving.

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What is the process called when molten rock flows up through cracks and hardens into new oceanic crust at divergent boundaries?

• Subduction

• Seafloor spreading

• Convection currents

• Ocean trench formation

What forms at divergent boundaries when two plates move apart?

• Ocean trenches

• Mid-ocean ridges

• Subduction zones

• Continental mountains