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Plate tectonics and boundaries
Plate tectonics and boundaries
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1
The ____ is (are) an example of a transform boundary
Appalachian Mountains
Himalayas
San Andreas Fault
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
2
Which two factors determine what happens or is formed at plate boundaries?
divergent or convergent boundaries
how fast the plate is moving and type of crust
how fast the plate is moving and type of plate boundary
type of plate boundary and type of crust
3
The theory that earth's surface is made of plates that move
magnetic reversal
continental drift
plate tectonics
divergent plate boundary
4
Active volcanoes are most likely to form at ____.
convergent oceanic–continental boundaries
divergent boundaries
the center of continents
transform boundaries
5
The original hypothesis that continents were once a giant landmass that drifted apart
Pangaea
continental drift
sea floor spreading
wagner
6
The mountain ranges formed by oceanic plates spreading
central sea floor
normal polarity
mid ocean ridge
plate tectonics
7
The ancient super continent composed of land that forms todays continents
pangaea
fossil
continental drift
north america
8
What are formed when two continental plates collide?
Strike-slip faults
Mountain ranges
Volcanoes
Rift valleys
9
The cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking in the Mantle is a
Convection Current
Rift Valley
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
10
The boundary that occurs when two plates collide
plate tectonics
transform plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
11
New oceanic crust forms at a mid ocean ridge as old oceanic crust moves away
mid ocean ridge
continental drift
sea floor spreading
normal polarity
12
Which of the following happens at every type of plate boundary?
volcanoes
earthquakes
mountains
seafloor spreading
13
The boundary that occurs when two plates seperate
plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
transform plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
14
The boundary that occurs when two plates slide past one another
convergent plate boundary
transform plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
plate tectonics
15
The rigid plates composed of the crust and part of the upper mantle are called the ...
Pangea
Tectonic
Athenosphere
Lithosphere