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Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes
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__________ can be created or grow wider where plates diverge or pull apart.
Mountains
Oceans
2
A deep depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another.
Trench
Volcano
Rift Valley
Mid Ocean Ridge
3
Movements within Earth's mantle that causes tectonic plates move are called _____
Radiation Currents
Convection Currents
Reservation Currents
Conduction Currents
4
What does this picture show
Seafloor Spreading
Pangea
Tectonic plates
Continental Drift
5
Earthquakes often occur at __________ lines.
Transform
Goal
Fault
Tectonic
6
More than half of the world's active volcanoes above sea level encircling the Pacific Ocean.
Ring of Truth
Ring of Fire
Ring of Death
Ring of Volcanoes
7
A __________ boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other.
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
8
Molten Rock inside the earth
Lava
Magma
9
What is number 2
Continental Crust
Lithosphere
Ocean Crust
Asthenosphere
10
The __________ mountains formed from the collision of the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate.
Alps
Himalayan
Rockies
Andes
11
What is Number 3
Inner Core
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
12
The San Andreas Fault in California is a __________ plate boundary.
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
13
The region of the earth made up of the crust and upper mantle
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
14
When oceanic crust melts it can result in the formation of a __________.
Earthquake
Volcano
15
When two continental plates collide large __________ will usually form.
Mountains
Trenches
16
When oceanic plates collide, one of those plates will __________ (go beneath the other).
Subsume
Subtract
Sublimate
Subduct
17
Areas where plates move toward each other and collide, causing uplift.
Divergent Plate Boundaries
Transform Plate Boundaries
Convergent Plate Boundaries
18
What is number 6
Lithosphere
Continent Crust
Ocean crust
Asthenosphere
19
At a __________ plate boundary new crust is created
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
20
What is number 7
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Continental Crust
Ocean Crust
21
Convergent boundaries can form ________________.
Mountain Ranges
Ocean Trenches
22
Areas where plates move away from each other, forming mid oceanic ridges or rift valleys.
Convergent Plate Boundaries
Transform Plate Boundaries
Divergent Plate Boundaries
23
Underwater mountain ranges where the crust is spreading apart creating new ocean floor.
Trench
Ocean Ridge
24
How many layers make up the Earth
4
1
3
2
25
What is Number 8
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer Core
Crust
26
What is number five?
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer Core
Crust
27
Which type of Crust is Denser
Oceanic
Continental
28
When plates collide the plate that is __________ will subduct (go beneath the other).
Less Dense
More Dense
29
Which scientist is credited for first proposing Plate Tectonics Theory?
Archibald MacDuff
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
Albert Einstein
30
What is number 4
Asthenosphere
Ocean Crust
Continent Crust
Lithosphere
31
The___________ is an example of a divergent boundary.
Mid Atlantic Ridge
Marianas Trench
32
A __________ boundary occurs when two tectonic plates collide into each other.
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
