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Ch. 4 review of Plate Tectonics
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The place where two tectonic plates move together
convergent boundry
divergent boundry
transform boundry
normal fault
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When rocks are pushed together by compression, what type of fault forms
strike-slip
reverse
normal
transform
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What is compression?
stress releasing an object
stress pulling an object
stress breaking an object
stress squeezing an object
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What is tension?
stress pulling an object
stress breaking an object
stress releasing an object
stress squeezing an object
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layer of Earth that has the most mass
crust
core
mantle
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a layer of slow flowing rock
lithospere
mesosphere
asthenosphere
outer core
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What do scientists use GPS for?
measure Earth's thickness
measure tectonic plate motion
make images of tectonic plates
measure distance of seismic waves
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What can tectonic plates form when they converge?
mountains
deserts
sea floor
asthenosphere
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What is it called when Earth's magnetic poles changes places?
magnetic reversal
continental drift
sea-floor spreading
strike-slip fault
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used to measure the thickness and density of Earth
topography
radio waves
seismic waves
GPS
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solid outer layer of crust and rigid part of mantle
asthenosphere
mesosphere
lithoshpere
crust
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hot rock expanding and rising, cooler rock becoming dense and sinking
ridge push
conduction
convection
slab pull
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name of the last supercontinent
Laurasia
Eurasia
Gondwana
Pangaea
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What happens at mid-ocean ridges
magnetic reversal
sea-floor spreading
earthquakes
strike-slip faults
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New crust in the ocean is a sign of...
reverse faults
magnetic reversals
sea-floor spreading
mountains
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What does the theory of continental drift explain
how oceans formed
how volcanoes formed
layers of Earth
why continents move
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What is associated with transform boundries
sea-floor spreading
magnetic reversal
earthquakes
slab pull
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The bending of a rock layer
boundry
fold
crust
fault
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When rocks are pulled apart because of tension what type of fault forms
strike-slip
normal
reverse
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a block of lithosphere that consists of crust and part of mantle, move around on asthenosphere
continents
Pangaea
crust
tectonic plates
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Tectonic plates move apart to form what
transform boundry
subduction zone
divergent boundry
convergent boundry
