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Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
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Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
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What kind of plate is shown in the picture?
divergent
transform
convergent
2
What type of plate is shown in the picture?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
3
The San Andres Fault in California is a...
Convergent Plate
Transform Plate
Divergent Plate
4
Where does volcanism occur?
Convergent & Transform
Divergent & Transform
Convergent & Divergent
5
Plate Tectonics are related to what theory?
Continental Drift
Evolution
Gravity
6
What kind of plate is shown in the picture?
Transform-Fault
Divergent
Convergent
7
Where are the world's highest mountain ranges created?
Transform Plates
Convergent Plates
Divergent Plates
8
Define Convergent Plate Boundaries
plates come together
plates pull apart
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The three types of plate boundaries would be described as divergent, convergent, and transform
False
True
10
Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
Galileo
Copernicus
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Define Transform Plate Boundaries
where plates slide sideways past each other
when the plates move apart to produce gaps
when plates converge together
12
If a plate moves 20 mm per year, how far will it move in 1 million years?
20 Kilometers
20 Meters
20 Centimeters
2,000 Kilometers
13
When was the theory of plate tectonics developed?
1960's
2000's
1870's
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Define Divergent Plate Boundary
when the plates move apart to produce gaps
when plates grind against each other
when plates push together to form mountains
15
The east coast of North America is a plate boundary
True
False
