Plate Tectonics
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Question 1
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Q. A ______ is a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying large slabs of continental and oceanic crust.
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wedge
plate
chunk
fault
Question 2
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Q. A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move is called a ________.
answer choices
plate
rift
fault
breach
Question 3
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Q. _________ are vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.
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Seismic Waves
Rumbles
Plate Tectonics
Convection Currents
Question 4
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Q. What is the name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago?
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Panthalassa
Laurasia
Gondwanna
Pangaea
Question 5
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Q. The movement of fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another is _____________.
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Convection current
Seismic waves
Sea-floor spreading
Conduction current
Question 6
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Q. The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor is called ___________.
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Divergent boundary
Sea-floor spreading
Convergent boundary
Renovating
Question 7
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Q. What is an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced?
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Rift valley
Deep-ocean trench
Mid-ocean ridge
Transform bounda
Question 8
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Q. A __________ is a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
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deep-ocean trench
rift valley
sea-floor spreading
mid-ocean ridge
Question 9
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Q. What is the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary?
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Subduction
Induction
Abduction
Reduction
Question 10
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Q. _____________ is a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
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Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
Insurgent boundary
Question 11
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Q. _____________ is when two plates move toward each other.
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Convergent boundary
Allegiant boundary
Transform boundary
Sliding boundary
Question 12
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Q. A _____________ is when two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
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emergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
convergent boundary
Question 13
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Q. A _________ is a valley that forms where two plates move apart.
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Fissure
Rift valley
Sea-floor spreading
Fault
Question 14
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Q. ___________ is the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
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Seismic waves
Convection current
Divergent boundary
Plate tectonics
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