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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....Convergent BoundaryDivergent BoundaryTransform BoundaryPlate Boundary
- 2. 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
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What type of event will occur at this boundary?EarthquakeVolcano EruptionTornadoMountain Building - 4. Multiple ChoiceA divergent boundary occurs when plates ....Pull apartCome togetherSlide past each othersubducting
- 5. Multiple ChoiceOceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundariesConvergentTransformPlateDivergent
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?Crust is destroyed at the same time it is createdNew crust is underwater where it sinksNew crust breaks more easily than old crust
- 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 ChoiceThis layer of Earth is the thickest partcrustouter coremantleinner core
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the two types of crustcontinental and oceanicocean and upperlower and upperpizza and subway
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich layer has convection currents?Inner CoreOuter CoreMantleCrust
- 11. Multiple Choicesubduction zones in the ocean can create which features?islandsvolcanoesearthquakesall of the above
- 12. Multiple ChoiceEarthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?At plate boundariesin oceansin the middle of continentsin the middle of plates
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?divergentcontinent-to-continent convergentocean-to-continent convergenttransform
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhen an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?oceaniccontinentalneither
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe area where two tectonic plates meet.mantlefocusplate boundaryconvection
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?Rift ValleyMountainA peninsulaAn Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceScientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth'sContinental crustOceanic crustAsthenosphereLithosphere
- 18. Multiple ChoiceAs you travel from the inner core to the crust, how would temperature, pressure and density of the material change?They would all increaseThey would all decrease.They would stay the same.Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...death ringfire zonering of firezone of fire
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich is true about hotter material in the mantle?more dense, sinksless dense, sinksless dense, risesmore dense, rises
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?submarine zonedivergence zonesubduction zonelower zone
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhich ocean is expanding due to a mid-ocean ridge (divergent boundary)?IndianDead SeaAtlanticArtic
- 23. Multiple Choice200-300 million years ago, the continents were joined in a single land mass called...Pan AmericaPangaeaPan Acean'Murica
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWho is known as the "Father of Continental Drift"?Harry HessAbraham OrteliusAlfred WegnerJohn Tuzo Wilson
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the deepest places on Earth formed by pushing oceanic crust under continental crust?mid-ocean ridgesrift valleystrenchesmountain ranges
- 26. Multiple ChoiceLarge pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move around are called?sectionsplatesland massesfaults
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhich piece of evidence was not used by Wegener to support his theory of continental drift?South America and Africa coastlinescoal beds in Antarcticaplant and reptile fossilsearthquake patterns
- 28. Multiple ChoiceMost geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because...it did not agree with their current theoryWegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years agoWegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesisWegener could not identify the force that moved the continents
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?crust, outer core, inner core, mantlemantle, outer core, inner core, crustcrust, mantle, outer core, inner coreouter core, inner core, crust, mantle
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich layer of Earth is the thinnest?crustmantleouter coreinner core
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