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Which diagram shows a convergent boundary?
A
B
C
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The process that acts on rock to change its form and break it into smaller pieces is called...
Weathering
a glacier
a mid-ocean ridge
sediment
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Scientists rejected Wegener's theory of continental drift because the theory did not explain...
climate changes
how the continents move
coal deposits in Antartica
the formation of mountains
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Plates of the lithosphere float on the...
Asthenosphere
Crust
Atmosphere
Core
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The result of plate movement can be seen at...
ocean margins
abyssal plains
plate boundaries
plate centers
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Which diagram shows a transform boundary?
A
C
B
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The crust and upper mantle make up Earth's...
Core
Continents
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
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The boundary between two plates moving together is called a...
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Lithosphere
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Subduction occurs at which type of boundary?
All the above
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
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Plates move apart at boundaries
Stable
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
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What is Pangea?
Large landmass in which all continents were once connected.
Largest plate found on Earth
Earth's inner core
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What is the continental drift theory?
The belief that continents are moving together.
The belief that continents have stayed in the same place.
The belief that continents moved apart.
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What do scientist believe is the force behind the plate tectonics theory?
movement of the planets
convection currents
volcanoes
gravity pull
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Plates slide past one another at...
divergent boundaries
subduction zones
transform boundaries
convection currents
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Which definition is correct?
divergent-plates are moving apart
convergent-plates are moving
transform-plates are moving apart
transform-plates are moving together
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Most volcanoes occur at which type of plate boundary?
Convergent with subduction
Convergent without subduction
Divergent
Transform
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Active volcanoes are more likely to form at
Transform Boundaries
Convergent Boundaries
the center of continents
convergent oceanic-continental borders
