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- 1. Multiple Choice
What type of plate boundary is this?PlateDivergentConvergentTransform - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of event will occur at this boundary?EarthquakeVolcano EruptionTornadoMountain Building
- 3. Multiple ChoiceA divergent boundary occurs when plates ....Pull apartCome togetherSlide past each othersubducting
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.PangeaGondwandaLaurasiaNeverland
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?FossilsMountainsGlaciersSand Erosion
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of plate boundary is this?TransformConvergentDivergentPlate
- 7. Multiple ChoiceMountains are created when....Two continental plates collideTwo oceanic plates pull apartAn Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental PlateTwo continental plates pull apart
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....Convergent BoundaryDivergent BoundaryTransform BoundaryPlate Boundary
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?Energy from the SunMagnetic Pole ReversalConvection currents in the mantleFaults in Mountain Ranges
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following occurs because of convection currents?Tectonic plates on the crust move.The mantle increases in size.Pressure in the crust increases.Pressure in the crust decreases.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the two types of crustcontinental and oceanicocean and upperlower and upperpizza and subway
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich layer has convection currents?Inner CoreOuter CoreMantleCrust
- 13. Multiple ChoiceEarthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?At plate boundariesin oceansin the middle of continentsin the middle of plates
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhen an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?oceaniccontinentalneither
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT a tectonic boundary?ConvergentDivergentSedergentTransform
- 16. Multiple ChoiceName the boundaryconvergent boundarydivergent boundarytransform boundarysergent boundary
- 17. Multiple ChoiceName the boundaryconvergent boundarydivergent boundarytransform boundarysergent boundary
- 18. Multiple ChoiceContinental crust is more dense than oceanic crust.TrueFalse
- 19. Multiple ChoiceHot spots are volcanically active areas that are not near tectonic plate boundaries.TrueFalse
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe theory of continental drift was first proposed by __________.Thomas EdisonAlfred WegenerBenjamin FranklinHarry Hess
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