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Quiz on tectonic plates and boundaries. #tectonicplates #boundaries
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What is plate #9 called?
South American Plate
Cocos Plate
Caribbean Plate
Nazca Plate
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Which way does a divergent boundary move?
Toward each other "collide"
Away from each other "divide"
Near each other "beside"
Grinding against each other "slide"
3
What are the 3 types of tectonic plate boundaries?
Divergent, Convergent, and Oblique
Divergent, Convergent, and Transform
Mid Ocean Ridge, Convergent, Divergent
Oblique, Convergent, and Mid Ocean Ridge
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What is plate #10 called?
African Plate
Philippines Plate
Australian Plate
Galapagos Plate
5
What theory explains the formation, movement, and subduction of plates?
The Theory of Ice Age
The theory of Continental Drift
The Theory of Sea Floor Spreading
The theory of tectonic plates
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What are tectonic plates?
Pieces of the earth's upper mantle and crust.
Pieces of the earth's innercore and outercore
A boundary
Sea floor spreading
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What is plate #2 called?
North American Plate
South American Plate
Eurasian Plate
Cocos Plates
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True of false: Is the San Andrea fault considered the most popular fault line in the world?
False
True
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Where are tectonic plates found?
In the red sea
Mid ocean ridges
Along fault lines
In a kitchen
10
Volcanoes, Mountain Ranges, and Mid-Ocean Ridges describe what?
Oceanic Crust
Changes in the Earth's surface
The Water Cycle
Beautiful scenery
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On a 1-4 scale, 4 being the highest level of understanding, how well do you know the lesson?
1
4
3
2
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What is plate #4 called?
African Plate
Antarctic Plate
Eurasian Plate
Australian Plate
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What is plate #5 called?
Antarctica Plate
Phillipine Plate
African Plate
Juan de Fuca Plate
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Which way does a transform boundary move?
Collide
Divide
Slide
Supplied
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What is plate #6 called?
African Plate
Australian Plate
Cocos Plate
Eurasian Plate
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What is plate #8 called?
Juan De Fuca Plate
Nazca Plate
Cocos Plate
Caribbean Plate
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What can a convergent boundary create?
A tectonic plate
A fault line
A mountain
A mid ocean ridge
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Where do plates float?
On top of the thermosphere
On top of the asthenosphere
On the inner core
In the ocean
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What is plate #1 called?
Cocos Plate
North American Plate
Atlantic Plate
Pacific Plate
20
Who was a Canadian scientist that proposed the lithosphere is broken into plates?
J. Tuzo Willson
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Nick Saban
21
What can a transform boundary create?
A tectonic plate
A mid ocean ridge
A volcano
A fault line
22
Which way does a convergent boundary move?
Away from each other "divide"
Near each other "beside"
Toward each other "collide"
Grinding against each other "slide"
23
What can a divergent boundary create?
A volcano
A fault line
A tectonic plate
A mid ocean ridge
24
What is plate #7 called?
Phillipine Plate
Eurasian Plate
North American Plate
Australian Plate
25
What caused Pangea to spread apart?
The Ice Age
Tectonic Plates
A meterorite
An tsunami
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What is plate #3 called?
South American Plate
North American Plate
Juan De Fuca Plate
Australian Plate
