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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
The movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object is called
mid-ocean ridge
sea-floor spreading
variables
heat transfer
The transfer of energy (heat) through space is called
conduction
radiation
convection
sea-floor spreading
The transfer of energy (heat) within or between materials is called
radiation
conduction
convection
sea-floor spreading
The transfer of energy (heat) with the movement of currents in a fluid/gas is called
radiation
conduction
convection
sea-floor spreading
What happens to continental crust when two plates converge?
Mountains form
Trenches form
Rift valleys form
Plateaus form
The chain of mountains that extends into all of the Earth's oceans is called
volcanoes
mountains
sea-floor spreading
Mid-ocean ridge
The process that adds new materials to the ocean floor is
mountains
sea-floor spreading
plate tectonics
subduction
Density is the amount of mass in a given
volume
length
weight
meter
A divergent boundary, on land, can create a
Trench
Rift Valley
Mountain
Volcano
The plate boundary that can create mid-ocean ridges is a
subductive boundary
transform boundary
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
A boundary where plates slip past each other in opposite directions is a
transform boundary
subductive boundary
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
The boundary where the plates come together is a
transform boundary
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
subductive boundary
When a oceanic and continental plate collide and the ocean sinks under the mantle is called
subduction
transforming
divergent
sea-floor spreading
Three types of evidence of sea-floor spreading are
drilling samples (age of rock), magnetic stripes, water spouts
drilling samples (age of rock), magnetic stripes, molten materials
drilling samples (age of rock), hurricanes, water spouts
drilling samples (age of rock), molten material, water spouts
Geological theory that states pieces of Earth's crust are in slow, constant motion is called
mid-ocean ridge
convergent boundary
plate tectonics
divergent
