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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the term for the huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere?
tectonic plates
convection currents
earthquakes
tectonic boundaries
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the term for the region between two different tectonic plates?
Continental Drift
Mountains
Earthquakes
Plate Boundaries
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the term for a denser plate being pushed downward by a less dense plate?
divergent boundaries
volcanic eruptions
subduction
convergent boundary
- 4. Multiple Choice
What type of boundary has two tectonic plates moving TOWARD each other?
convergent boundary
subduction
transform boundary
divergent boundary
- 5. Multiple Choice
What type of boundary has two tectonic plates moving AWAY FROM each other?
convergent boundary
subduction
transform boundary
divergent boundary
- 6. Multiple Choice
What type of boundary has two tectonic plates moving ACROSS (side by side) each other?
convergent boundary
subduction
transform boundary
divergent boundary
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is formed by divergent boundaries?
Mid Ocean Ridge
Earthquakes
Mountains
Volcanoes
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is formed by transform boundaries?
Mid Ocean Ridge
Earthquakes
Mountains
Volcanoes
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is formed by convergent boundaries with two plates of the SAME density?
Mid Ocean Ridge
Earthquakes
Mountains
Volcanoes
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is formed by convergent boundaries with two plates of DIFFERENT density?
Mid Ocean Ridge
Earthquakes
Mountains
Volcanoes
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is TRUE about tectonic plates?
There are 4 tectonic plates on earth and they all move the same direction
There are 4 tectonic plates on earth and they move in different directions
There are over a dozen (12) tectonic plates on earth and they all move the same direction
There are over a dozen (12) tectonic plates on earth and they move in different directions
- 12. Multiple Choice
Who came up with continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Alfredo
Alfred Freddie
Alfred Linguini
- 13. Multiple Choice
All of the continents used to be a part of what supercontinent?
Dinoland
Pangaea
Jurassic Park
Russia
- 14. Multiple Choice
What kind of rock is formed from cooled magma?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Sediment
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is the name for the small pieces of rock that form from erosion?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Sediment
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is the name for the melted rock located inside of volcanoes?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Magma
- 17. Multiple Choice
What kind of rock is morphed by heat and pressure?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Magma
- 18. Multiple Choice
What kind of rock is formed by the compression of sediment (often in layers)?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Sediment
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