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Duplicate of Plate Tectonics Review
Duplicate of Plate Tectonics Review
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The is a review for the plate tectonics test.
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The lithosphere is divided into several plates that glide on the moving rock of Earth's mantle.
Divergent Boundaries
Mantle
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Earth's Core
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Tectonic plates move because of _____________________.
magma moving under earths crust
All of the Above
tectonic plates are floating on magma
convection currents
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Two plates moving away from each other
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
Condergent
4
The Himalaya mountains form at this type of plate boundary.
Transform
Divergent
All of the Above
Convergent
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How are fossil records evidence of plate tectonics?
Fossils are old
Fossils show living things.
Fossils are everywhere.
Different continents have matching fossils.
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What are the three types of plate boundaries?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Condergent
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Two plates moving toward each other
Condergent
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
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Two plates sliding past each other
Convergent
Condergent
Transform
Divergent
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Why are coastlines evidence of plate tectonics?
All of the Above
Opposite continents fit together
There are beaches.
Not all coastlines are the same.
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Plate tectonics is responsible for geological events such as….
ridge formation
earthquakes
trench formation
volcanic activity
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How does a convection current work?
The current moves because of gravity.
Core heats magma crust cools magma causing it to rise & fall
Magma moves because of the tide.
Magma moves because of Earth spinning.
