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Plate Tectonics!!!
Plate Tectonics!!!
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Plate Tectonics Middle school
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1
This type of boundary is a _______?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
2
What features form the longest mountain ranges on Earth?
the Alps
deep ocean trenches
the Rockies
mid ocean ridges
3
What would form here between these 2 continental plates
mid ocean ridge
mountain
deep ocean trench
rift valley
4
What would form here between oceanic and continental plates?
deep ocean trench
fault/earthquake
mid ocean ridge
rift valley
5
What process is occurring at this location?
subduction
sea-floor spreading
valley formaion
mountain formation
6
What is the motion of the Earth's plates like?
fast and constant
slow and in stages
fast and in stages
slow and constant
7
What process occurs at mid-ocean ridges?
subduction
sea-floor spreading
valley formation
mountain formation
8
What is a tectonic plate?
A block of mantle
Segments of oceanic crust
A block of lithosphere
A portion of continental matter
9
The San Andreas Fault is an example of which type of boundary?
emotional
divergent
transform
convergent
10
What type of land feature would be created here between these two divergent plates?
mid ocean ridge
deep ocean trench
rift valley
mountain
11
Which scientist developed the theory of continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
John Hess
Josetta Gregg
12
What is the force that causes the tectonic plates to move?
convection currents in the crust
convection currents in the mantle
oceanic currents in the mantle
oceanic currents in the crust
13
Which process adds more crust to the ocean floor?
subduction
suction
magnetic strip
sea-floor spreading
14
This type of boundary is a _____.
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
15
What feature would be created between 2 converging continental plates?
deep ocean trench
rift valley
mountain
mid-ocean ridge
16
This type of boundary is a _____.
Slip Fault
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
17
Which theory describes the motion of and force driving the movement of the Earth’s plates?
plate tectonics
second law of motion
first law of motion
continental drift
18
Select a piece of evidence that was NOT in support of continental drift
matching rock types in mountain belts
matching fossils
tidal influences by the moon
evidence of glaciers in northern continents