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Plate Tectonics + Continental Drift
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A plate boundary where tectonic plates move toward one another
transform
convergent
divergent
uniform
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How Do Convection Currents Work?
Heat cools and rises then heats back down
Heat rises then cools and sinks back down
3
A Rift Valley is formed when 2 plates MOVE TOGETHER-
True
False
4
Theory that Earth's lithosphere is broken into pieces that "float" on the asthenosphere
Relativity
Evolution
Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
5
The author of the continental drift hypothesis is Alfred ________________________.
Neuman
Wegener
Darwin
Hitchcock
6
Process where 1 tectonic plate bends & slides beneath another plate at a convergent boundary
conduction
subduction
rubber duction
abduction
7
Volcanic mountain ranges are formed when:
Oceanic-Oceanic Convergence
Continental-Continental Convergence
Transform boundaries
Oceanic-Continental Convergence
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What Crustal Feature Occurs at a Continental- Continental Convergent Plate Boundary?
Earthquakes
Mid Ocean Ridges / Rift Valleys
Folded Mountains
Volcanic Mountains
9
A plate boundary where 2 plates slide past each other horizontally
divergent
convergent
uniform
transform
10
When do destructive plate boundaries occur?
At convergent boundaries
A divergent boundaries
A hotspots
A transform boundaries
11
Which plate boundary makes chains of volcanic ISLANDS out at sea called island arcs?
Continental - Oceanic Convergent
Transform
Oceanic - Oceanic Convergent
Continental - Continental Convergent
12
The asthenosphere is above the lithosphere...
False
True
13
A plate boundary where lithospheric plates pull away from each other
divergent
convergent
uniform
transform
14
The moving apart of 2 oceanic plates at a rift in the seafloor
seafloor shrinkage
seafloor spreading
margarine spreading
water treading
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Long, narrow gap that forms as a result of 2 plates diverging
drift valley
sift valley
thrift valley
rift valley
