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WorksheetsVocab Check-In #10
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!
New Madrid
Denali Fault
Ramapo Seismic Zone
San Andreas Fault
What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?
Divergent
Convergent
Slide/Transform
What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?
Divergent
Convergent
Slide/Transform
Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?
Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.
Pandora
Gandowandaland
Pangea
Percia
Subduction means.....
one plate goes under another plate
two plates slide past each other
two plate collide and form folded mountains
An opening on the Earth's crust through which hot molten rock flows out from deep inside the Earth.
Volcano
Fault line
Fold
Crater
What causes convection currents?
Hot magma rises while cool magma sinks
The rotation of the Earth
Ocean currents pulling plates apart
The spinning of the Earth's core
Why does oceanic crust subduct under continental crust?
Oceanic crust is thinner
Oceanic crust is denser
Continental crust is thinner
Continental crust is denser
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by
Earth's magnetic fields
convection currents in the mantle
the oceans
the Sun
