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Plate Tectonics
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1
The circle of volcanoes and seismic activity around the Pacific Rim is known as the
Ring of Fire
Oval of Islands
Earthquake Circle
2
The Himalayas and Mt. Everest were formed by
convergent boundaries
transform boundaries
volcanoes
divergent boundaries
3
In a Divergent Boundary, the plates move
away from each other
toward each other
4
The important thing about the Earth is that
it always stays the same
it is constantly changing
it never changes
5
When continental and oceanic plates converge, it can
build mountains
cause earthquakes
create volcanoes
6
The San Andreas Fault is a _____ Boundary, because the plates grind each other horizontally.
Transform
Convergent
7
Scientists believe all the continents used to be stuck together in a supercontinent called
Middle Earth
Tukwila
Pangea
NorthSouthAmericaAfricaAustraliaAsiaAntarctica
8
At a Transform Boundary the plates
move away from each other
grind against each other horizontally
9
Most earthquakes, mountain ranges, and volcanoes are on the edges of continents because
the ocean floor is spreading and making deep sea trenches
oceanic & continental plates come together in these areas.
10
The scientist who originally discovered plate tectonics was
Alfred Wegener
Mrs. Hartley
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We live on a _______________ plate.
Continental
Oceanic
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At a Convergent Boundary, plates move
away from each other
toward each other
