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Earth's Surface Features 2025
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The site where two plates meet and move is called a plate boundary
True
False
2
Two plates collide at which type of plate boundary?
transform
convergent
continental
divergent
3
Earth's outer shell is made up of huge pieces of rock called tectonic
oceanic plates
puzzle-like fit
plates
inner core
4
_________ can form when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate.
subduction zone
earthquakes
mountain ranges
mid-ocean ridge
5
Oceanic plates are MORE dense than continental plates.
False
True
6
Earth's plates move apart at which type of plate boundary?
divergent
convergent
strike slip
transform
7
Convection currents happen in which layer of Earth?
mantle
crust
inner core
lithosphere
8
In order to support his theory of Continental Drift, Wegener provided how many pieces of evidence?
3
1
6
5
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Who came up with the theory of seafloor spreading?
Harry Hess
Edwin Hubble
Alfred Wegener
Buzz Aldrin
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Idea that continents began to break apart and drifted to the current locations that they are in today.
Pangaea
Continental Drift
Continental Boundary
"all land"
