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1
The San Andreas Fault is a transform boundary. What kind of activity is common there?
Volcanic eruptions
Earthquakes
Mountain ranges
Landslides
2
What can form when plates diverge?
Earthquakes
Mid-oceanic seafloor and ridges
Valleys
Sinkholes
3
Why do they call the edges of the Pacific Plate, the Ring of Fire?
It is shaped like a ring.
There are many volcanoes, eruptions, and earthquakes.
Pele visits there daily.
It's outlined in red.
4
What is the middle layer of the Earth called?
Core
Pangaea
Crust
Mantle
5
How do transform plates move?
pull apart
grind
collide
slide in opposite directions
6
What can form when 2 continental plates converge?
Mountain ranges
Valleys
Glaciers
Landslides
7
What causes earthquakes at transform boundaries?
Plates move alongside each other.
Plates move toward each other.
Plates move on the dinner table.
Plates move away from each other.
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Which land feature forms where two continents move toward each other?
glaciers
trenches
oceans
mountain
9
What is the name of the theory that explains how the Hawaiian Islands were formed?
Mo'olelo o Maui
How the Islands Were Formed?
Mo'olelo o Pele
Hot Spot Theory
10
Name the two main fast processes.
floods
tsunamis
volcanic eruptions
earthquakes
11
When cities or countries have strong earthquakes, they are found . . .
near the boundary of a continent and ocean.
near the boundary of two continents.
in the middle of continents.
in the middle of the ocean.
12
What is the center of the Earth called?
Seed
Mantle
Core
Crust
13
What can form when a continental plate converges with an oceanic plate?
volcanoes
trenches
glaciers
valleys
14
How do convergent plates move?
jump
grind
collide
pull apart
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What is the name of the outer layer of the Earth called?
Core
Mantle
Crust
Magma
16
How do divergent plates move?
grind
sink
collide
pull apart
17
What plate is the Hawaiian Islands on?
Eurasian Plate
African Plate
North American Plate
Pacific Plate
18
As science technology improved, the Continental Drift Theory became known as
Hot Spot Theory
Plate Technology
Plate Tectonics
Pangaea
19
Name two other fast processes.
landslides
tsunamis
thunder
lightning
20
What is the name of the huge landmass that was made up of all of the continents?
Pangaea
Eurasia
Ranges
Plate tectonics
