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boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other Called?
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform boundary
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When one tectonic plates dives under another, it is called BLANK.
Divergent
Subduction
SeaFloor Spreading
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What is number one?
Outer Core
Mantle
Inner Core
Crust
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When an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate, what is usually formed?
continental drift
mountain range
seafloor spreading
subduction zone
5
Tectonic plates interact at places called plate
reversals
regions
centers
boundaries
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A __________ boundary occurs when two tectonic plates collide into each other
Convergents
Transform
Divergents
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The vent on the earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled is a called a BLANK.
Volcanoe
Earthquake
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What causes the tectonic plates to move?
Volcanoes
Ocean currents
Convection in the mantle
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What is Pangaea?
the largest fault found on Earth
Earth's inner core
the large landmass in which all continents were connected
the large landmass that all continents are currently forming
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What is number three?
Mantel
Mantle
Manle
Outer Core
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What is number five?
Inner Core
Outer Core
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What is number eight?
Crust
Cust
Mantle
Custle
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What Is The Theory That States The Oceans Floors Are Forming And Spreading Out From The Ridges
SeaFloor Spreading
Sea
Sea Spreading
Sea Floor
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What Is The Only Liquid Layer
Outer Core
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
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The Crust And OuterMost Part Of The Mantle Is Called......
Crust
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Lithasphere
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How do scientists explain the formation of underwater mountain ranges?
seafloor spreading
continental drift
strike-slip faults
convection currents
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When the earth's tectonic plates move, we call this a BLANK.
Volcanoe
Earthquake
18
What tool does a scientist use to detect magnetic fields?
a magnetometer
a magnetogram
a thermometer
a fieldometer
19
The mid-ocean ridge occurs along a
Convergent boundary where new crust is formed
Transform boundary where crust is subducted
Divergent boundary where sea-floor spreading takes place
Divergent boundary where subduction takes place
20
Hot spots are
Constantly disappearing and reappearing
Always moving around
What creates earthquakes
Stationary, they stay in the same place
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Who Introduce The Theory Of Crustal Movement?
Alfredo Wagner
Alfred Weeger
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Wager
22
Name The Boundary Between The Crust&Mantle
Asthenosphere
Mohorovicic Discontinuity (MOHO)
Lithosphere
23
Oceanic crust is ____________________ than continental crust
Less hot
More hot
Less dense
More dense
24
What do scientists believe is the force behind the plate tectonics theory?
convection currents
the Sun's gravity
the movement of the planets
gravity slab pull
25
What Is NOT Pangaea
the largest fault found on Earth
Earth's inner core
the large landmass that all continents are currently forming
the large landmass in which all continents were connected
26
What is the lower layer of the crust called?
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
27
What Was The First Theory Of Crustal Movement?
SeaFloor Spreading
The Continental Drift Theory
Tectonic Plates
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What does plate tectonics cause?
causes volcanoes
forms ocean basins
all of the above
forms mountains
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What do you call the process of hot rock rising, cooling, and then sinking?
Convection
Inner Core
Outer Core
Convaction
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Which Is More Dense
Continental Crust
Oceanic Crust
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Continental crust is ______________________ than oceanic crust
Thicker
Colder
Thinner
Hotter
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What Was The "Super Continent" Called
Boundaries
Panagea
Pangea
33
A map of global earthquakes and volcanoes tells you
Where the edges of the continents are
Where the earth is the hottest
Where the plate boundaries are
34
When oceanic crust melts it can result in the formation of a __________.
Storm
Earthquakes
Volcano
35
Plates move at a rate of about 1-16 cm per__________
Year
Century
Month
Hour
36
an underwater mountain range made at divergent plate boundaries Called?
mid-ocean ridge
Oceanic
37
Name The Earth Layers In Order From OuterMost To InnerMost
Crust, Inner Core, Mantle, Outer Core
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
Outer Core, Mantle, Inner Core, Crust
Mantle, Outer Core, Crust, Inner Core
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Who created the theory of seafloor spreading?
Harry Hiss
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
Harry Hess
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What happens to rock around a subducting slab?
It combines with the other rock.
It disappears from Earth.
It goes over the other plate.
It goes under the other plate
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Where are most divergent boundaries found?
at subduction zones
on the continents
on the seafloor
along coastlines
