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Tectonic Review
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Plates are the same size or shape as the continents
False
True
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Type of plate boundary where the plates slide along past each other horizontally?
Divergent
Transformers
Convergent
Transform Boundary
3
Continental Crust is thinner and more dense than oceanic crust.
False
True
4
What plate makes up the "Ring of Fire"?
Eurasian
Australian
Pacific
North American
5
What plate is the largest on Earth?
African
North American
Pacific
Eurasian
6
This boundary is formed when two plates move away from each other?
Divergent Boundary
Non-moving boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform boundary
7
What type of plate boundary is formed when two plates crash into each other?
Divergent Boundary
Continental Boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
8
What is the layer of the earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle called?
Lithosphere
lillithfaire
Atmosphere
Lithogram
9
What is the name of the solid, plastic later of the mantle under the lithosphere?
Volcanic Arc
Inner Core
Actionsphere
Athenosphere
10
This is formed when one plate is forced underneath another plate.
Transform boundary
mountain ranges
seafloor spreading
Subduction Zone
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I need to pay attention better in class.
True
False
12
What theory combines the ideas of Continental drift and seafloor spreading?
Subduction Zone
Trenches
Pangaea
Plate Tectonics
13
What is the name of the large supercontinent from millions of years ago?
Earth
Panada
Australia
Pangaea
14
What is the name of the place where two plates come together?
Continents
Tectonics
Plate Boundary
Crust
15
Who is credited with creating the idea of continental drift?
Jean-Luc Picard
Mr. Johnson
Johanna Strauss
Alfred Wegener
