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Plate Tectonics review questions for 9th grade #platetectonics
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Volcanos form at convergent boundaries without subduction.
False
True
2
Volcanic island arcs form at
transform zones
divergent zones
subduction zones
3
What is Pangaea?
the large landmass in which all continents once were connect
the large landmass that all continents are currently forming
the largest fault found on Earth
Earth's inner core
4
What happens to rock around a subducting plate?
It disappears from Earth.
It goes over the other plate.
It goes under the other plate
It combines with the other rock.
5
Tectonic plates float on the...
Atmosphere
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
6
Earthquakes occur along convergent margins, where plates are
moving apart
colliding
sliding past each other
7
The major movement of the plates and description of plate boundaries of the Earth are...
convergent
divergent
all of these
transform
8
The scientists that proposed the theory of continental drift is called
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
Alberto Garcia
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Along which two plates do we see major earthquake activity?
South American and Nazca
Pacific and Eurasian/Indian
Pacific and North/South American
10
A divergent boundary is a boundary between two plates that
move away from each other
move toward each other
slide along each other
converge
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A boundary where the blocks have mostly moved horizontally is called
divergent
transform
convergent
12
What landforms are formed by the movement of the plates?
mountains
volcanos
all of the above
ocean basins
13
What do scientists believe is the force behind the plate tectonics theory?
the movement of the planets
convection currents
the Sun's gravity
gravity slab pull
14
Wegener used all these lines of evidence, except
climate change evidence
volcanic eription evidence
Fossil evidence
the fit of the continents
15
The European and African plates pushing against each other or the Alps. This exemplifies
oceanic-continental collision
oceanic-continental subduction
oceanic-oceanic subduction
continental-continental collision
16
The slabs of rock known as continents make up the complete lithosphere.
False
True
17
Sixty percent of volcanoes occur surrounding the Pacific Ocean, a location called
"the Ring of Fire"
"the Volcano Zone"
"the hot zone"
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Plate tectonics can also be the direct cause of forming
oceans
lakes
streams
mountains
