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When 2 plates are moving away from each other, it is known as a....
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Divergent boundary
2
What
forms
at a convergent plate boundary when an oceanic plate collides with an oceanic plate?
mountain ranges
convection currents
None of the above
volcanic islands and trenches
3
What happens when continental crusts converge with each other?
Mountains form
Subduction zones are formed
Convection currents form
Sea Floor spreading
4
What is Plate Tectonics?
The theory of plates subducting under the mantle.
The theory of plates moving slowly over the mantle
The theory of mountain formation
The theory of Pangaea
5
What can occur at a transform boundary?
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Earthquakes
Hail Storms
6
What are transform plate boundaries?
Plates that move past each other
Plates that move together
Plates that move apart
Plates that don't move at all
7
What determines which tectonic plate will be on top at a convergent boundary?
magnetic field
convection currents
sea-floor spreading
density
8
At what type of boundaries do the mid-ocean ridge and rift valleys form?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
9
Density will determine which crust will go under the other
False
True
10
The type of a boundary where two plates slip past each other going in opposite directions is....
Divergent
Convergent
Island Arc
Transform
11
The lithosphere is broken into separate sections called faults
False
True
12
What theory states that pieces of the lithosphere are in constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle?
Theory of Continental Drift
The Theory of Plate Tectonics
Theory of Sea-floor Spreading
Theory of Evolution
13
What is a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations?
An idea
An educated guess
Scientific Theory
Hypothesis
14
What is a break in Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other called?
layer
plate
fault
mantle
15
When oceanic crust and continental crust converge, a subduction zone is formed
True
False