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Plate Boundaries & Tectonics
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1
What mountain was formed by continental convergence?
Himalayas
Appalachians
Yellow Stone
Andes
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What is one piece of evidence that supports the idea that the Earth's crust is moving?
Deformation
Convection Currents
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Sea Floor Spreading
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What is it called when two plates grind past one another?
Isostasy
Ridge Push
Transform
Strain
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The original supercontinent was called ___.
mohorovicic
it didn't exist
pangea
mangea
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What is the definition of ductile?
pushes rock in opposite directions
causes break or crack
bends without breaking
stretches rock
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What do convection currents do?
cause seafloor spreading
push mantle upwards
create earthquakes
form volcanoes
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This boundary is characterized by a "strike-slip" motion.
Transform
Insurgent
Divergent
Convergent
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What occurs at/around transform boundaries?
earthquakes
volcanoes
tornadoes
hurricanes
9
What evidence proves Wegner's theory of Continental Drift?
there are no land bridges that connect the continents
there is no evidence
coasts were once connected due to similar plants & animals
there are land bridges that connect the continents
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How did the Hawaiian Islands form?
Oceanic Divergence
Oceanic-Oceanic Convergence
Continental-Continental Convergence
Oceanic-Continental Transform
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What are plates that move away from one another called?
Stress
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
12
Who studied the deepest parts of the ocean and contributed to Wegner's theory?
Bill Nye
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegner
Neil Degrasse Tyson
13
When convergence between a pair of continental crust occurs, which one will overlap the other?
the one that is denser than the other
the one on top
the one that is light & fluffy
continental
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What is the theory of plate tectonics?
crust is divided into plates that move across the surface
plates move a few cms a year
formed by magma that rises to the surface
15
The San Andreas fault is an example of a _______ boundary.
transform
divergent
convergent
deformation
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The occurs when one plate goes underneath another plate.
subduction
construction
abduction
17
Earth's rigid layer is called ____.
lithosphere
mesosphere
asthenosphere
core
18
What happens when oceanic and continental crust meet at a convergent boundary?
a mountain forms
a continental volcano forms
continental crust is subducted
oceanic crust is subducted
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Bending, breaking, and tilting of the Earth's crust.
Strain
Deformation
Isostasy
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Plate Tectonics can possibly be the cause of this.
streams
mountains
lakes
oceans
