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Continental drift
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1
Most famous fault in the world?
Great rift valley
Mid oceanic ridge
San Andreas Fault
the ring of fire
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In the ocean, what is formed from divergent boundaries?
Mid oceanic ridge
Rift valley
Fault lines
Oceanic trench
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What is a fault?
a crack in the earth
an area where volcanoes are present
a crator
trench in the ocean
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Rift valleys are formed by which boundaries?
Transform boundaries
Passive boundaries
Convergent boundaries
Divergent boundaries
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Name of the first ocean?
Atlantic ocean
Ocean Tethys
Pacific Ocean
Red sea
6
Which of these is not proof of continental drift?
Paleomagnestism
People
Mountain ranges
Fossils
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What causes earthquakes?
when stress is released
when there is a volcano
when the earth is hungary
after a tsunami
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Name of the super continent?
Eurasia
Gondwana
Pangea
Laurasia
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Convergent boundaries are also known as?
Constructive
Passive
Subductions
Destructive
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Mid oceanic ridge between South America and Africa?
Mid Antarctic ridge
Mid Pacific ridge
Mid Atlantic ridge
Mid Indian ridge
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Trenches are formed from?
Passive boundaries
Divergent boundaries
Convergent boundaries
Transform boundaries
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Who was the first person to come up with the theory of continental drift?
Professor Ness
Alfred Wegener
Professor Du Toit
Professor Hill
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Which is not formed from convergent boundaries?
rift valley
Volcanoes forming islands
Trenches
Fold mountains
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Which of these is a continent from 200 million years ago?
Africa
Pangea
Laurasia
Eurasia
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Transform boundaries are.....
Plates that slide passed each other
Plates that move apart
Plates that push into each other
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When a plate goes under another one, this is called?
abduction zone
subduction zone
Party zone
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Do convergent boundaries power volcanoes?
No
Yes
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How many continents are there in present day?
1
5
2
7
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I am a section of the earths surface that holds a continent, what am I?
tectonic plates
Convection current
continents
Boundary lines
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I move apart as magma makes new rock due to convection currents
Convergent boundaries
Passive boundaries
Transform boundaries
Divergent boundaries
