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Plate Tectonic Review
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1
What is the supercontinent that broke apart 200 million years ago?
North America
Jurrasic
Pangaea
2
Seismic waves are a form of energy released by earthquakes.
False
True
3
Earthquakes are....
only during hurricane season
only caused during transform boundaries
Sudden movements of rock along a fault cause
4
What is a fault?
When you place blame on someone.
A crack in the earths surface.
A deep valley on the ocean floor
5
Divergent plates are
When plates move away from each other
When plates slide past each other
When plates move toward each other
6
What layer of the earth is responsible for plate movement?
Mantle
Lithosphere
The Core
Crust
7
Which of these are examples of plate movement?
Volcano
Mountain Formation
Earthquake
All of the above
8
San Andreas are formed in which boundary
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
9
Where does the energy from an earthquake originate?
from rocks under stress shifting deep inside earth
from a sudden increase in solar radiation striking earth
from the moon gravitational pull
from the weight of sediments
10
Rift valleys are formed in which boundary
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
11
Does an earthquakes waves spread in all directions or just in a few?
A few
All directions
12
Lava is molten rock that is under earths surface
True
False
13
Mountains and mountain ranges are formed in which boundary
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
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Convergent plates are
When plates move away from each other
When plates move toward each other
When plates slide past each other
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An opening in Earth’s crust through which lava, rocks and gases erupt is a volcano.
True
False
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Transform plates are
When plates move toward each other
When plates slide past each other
When plates move away from each other
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Ocean basins are caused by plate tectonic movement.
False
True
