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True or False: Convection Current say that cool rises and warm sinks
False
True
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True or False: Convection Currents are linked to plate movement
True
False
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Uneven heating causes material in the mantle to constantly and slowly rise and fall is called:
mantle
Convection Current
Continental Drift
plate movement
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What layer of the Earth do convection current occur:
Crust
Outer Core
Mantle
Inner Core
5
Divergent Boundaries can cause
Hurricanes
Subduction Zone
Mountains
mid-ocean ridges
6
Afred Wegener proposed two ideas know as:
Wegener Theory
Theory of continental drift
The theory of plates
The Mountain building theory
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Magma cooling is the process to form which type of rock?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
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If we can not go inside the Earth how do we study it?
Waves
<p>Weather</p>
Temperture of the Soil
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What type of boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other?
convergent
transform
divergent
subduction
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What is the super continent called?
Continental Drift
Pangaea
Panthalassa
United States
11
What type of boundary occurs when two plate collide towards eachother?
Transform
Divergent
Subduction
Convergent
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True or False: The Layers of the Earth are stacked a certain way because of their density.
True
False
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Transform Boundaries cause:
Mountains
Hurricanes
Subduction Zone
Earthquakes
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Convergent Boundaires can cause
Hurricans
Mountains
Subduction Zone
New Land
15
Deep underwater troughs created by one plate subducting under another plate is called:
Ocean trenches
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Continental Rifts
Mountain Ranges
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Which Layer of the Earth is considered to be the thinnest?
Outter Core
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
17
What is the ring-shaped belt of volcano and earthquake activity in the Pacific Ocean called?
Pangaea
epicenter
transform boundary
Ring of Fire
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What type of evidence did scientist use to prove the theory of plate tectonics?
Waves
Fossils
Weather
19
<p>The mountain range in the middle of the ocean are called</p>
Sediment
Mid-ocean ridge
Ring-of Fire
Seafloor spreading
20
What type of boudary occurs when two plates slide past each other?
Convergent
divergent
subduction
transform