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Plate Boundaries
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Older crust can be pushed down into the mantle at subduction zones.
True
False
2
What type of plate boundary exists in California along the San Andreas fault?
All plate boundaries
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
3
Identify the type of boundary movement
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
4
What evidence is there for plate tectonics?
Drilling into the Earth.
earthquakes and volcanic eruption
Satellite images
Topographic maps
5
Fault lines can cause
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Rain
Earthquakes
6
What happens in a subduction zone?
plates slide past each other and cause earthquakes.
plates come together and one sinks under the other and melts.
plates collide and form mountains.
plates diverge and create a ridge.
7
What creates new crust at divergent oceanic boundaries?
Seafloor spreading
Trenches
Magnetic Stripe
Ring of Fire
8
Which type of convergent boundary caused the formation of the Himalayan mountain range.
Continent - Continent
Ocean - Ocean
Ocean – Continent
Continent - Ocean
9
New crust is constantly being formed on Earth’s surface.
False
True
10
The bending of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate is called
Convection
Subduction
Volcano
Mid-Ocean Ridge
11
Identify the type of convergent boundary movement
Continental-Continental convergence
Oceanic-Oceanic convergence
Oceanic-Continental convergence
12
The Earth is getting larger over time due to seafloor spreading.
True
False
13
The Atlantic ocean is slowly widening due the divergent boundary that is located on the ocean floor.
True
False
14
Identify the type of boundary movement
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
15
Identify the type of boundary movement
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
16
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions generally occur near the center of plates.
True
False
17
The Himalayas were formed by which type of plate boundary movement
Convergence
Divergence
Transform
18
Caused in a fluid by the hotter less dense material to rise, & colder material to sink
divergent
Subduction
Convection Currents
Convergent
19
In sea-floor spreading, where is newer rock found?
Near the trench
Near the mantle
Near the surface of the ocean
Near the ridge
20
The plates carry the Earth’s continents, but not its oceans.
False
True
21
The process of plate movement within the earth
Plate Boundary
Convection
Subduction
Plate Tectonics
