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Tectonic Plates Review
Tectonic Plates Review
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Mountains or hills made by hot rocks and gasses moving to the surface of Earth from deep inside Earth
volcanoes
deep-ocean trenches
surface features
earthquakes
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Convergent Boundaries
Plates that move away from one another
Plates that slide past each other
Plates that move towards each other
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Long chains or groups of mountains
mountain slopes
mountain ranges
mountain ridges
mountain groups
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Where do most volcanoes and earthquakes occur?
Along plate boundaries between oceans and continents
In the middle of continents
Outside of plate boundaries
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What can cause a deep-ocean trench to form?
When two plates slide away from each other
When two plates slide past each other
When one plate slides below the other
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The ideas that continents move about on Earth's surface
continental drift
continental moving
continental splitting
continental sliding
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Transform boundaries
plates that move away from one another
plates that slide past each other
plates that moves towards each other
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Divergent boundaries
Plates that move away from one another
Plates that slide past each other
Plates that move towards each other
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What is the Ring of Fire?
A circle of fire
A gold ring in the ocean
An area where a large amount of volcanoes and earthquakes form
An area of land where no earthquakes or volcanoes form
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A deep valley at the bottom of an ocean
Deep-ocean trenches
mountain ranges
Earthquake
Continents
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What causes mountains to form?
Deposition
movement of tectonic plates
the slope of the land
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A sudden release of energy under Earth's surface that makes the ground shake or crack
Tsunamis
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Mountains
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Patterns of magnetic stripes along the boundaries of tectonic plates
bands
surface features
earthquakes
mountains
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What was the name of the supercontinent that was discovered by Alfred Wegener?
Tansia
Frangia
Pangea
Prancia
