Convergent plate boundaries are where...

plates are moving closer together

Which statement is true?

Earthquakes most frequently occur along plate boundaries

How does uplift contribute to the rock cycle?

It brings metamorphic & igneous rock to the surface

Active volcanoes are most likely to form at _____________.

convergent oceanic-continental boundaries

What does subduction do?

takes rock into Earth where it will be melted

Seafloor spreading occurs because ___________.

molten material beneath Earth's crust rises to the surface

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1
A ______ forms where two oceanic plates collide.
rift valley
subduction zone
transform boundary
hot spot
2
Convergent plate boundaries are where...
plates are sliding past each other
plates are moving apart
plates are moving closer together
3
Scientists have observed that the plates move at rates ranging from 1 cm to 12 cm per _____.
decade
year
day
century
4
This instrument is used to record seismic activity
seismologists
seismowhaaaa?
seismomenter
seismogram
5
People who study earthquakes are called ____________
seismograms
seismologists
seisnometers
seismographs
6
Plates move apart at ____________ boundaries.
convergent
divergent
transform
stable
7
The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located ______________________.
at mid-ocean ridges
near Asia
far from mid-ocean ridges
near continents
8
Which waves travel the deepest into the center of Earth?
surface waves
They all travel to the center of the inner core
P-waves
S-waves
9
Take 10 and add 23, then subtract 11, then multiply by 2, then add 14, and dived by 2. Answer?
39
29
28
27.5
10
Which statement is true?
Earthquakes most frequently occur along plate boundaries
Earthquakes always occur along plate boundaries.
Earthquakes rare occur along plate boundaries
Earthquakes never occur along plate boundaries
11
How does uplift contribute to the rock cycle?
It buries sediment, and becomes sedimentary rock
None of the above
It brings metamorphic & igneous rock to the surface
It creates strong pressure, creating metamorphic rock.
12
The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located ______________________.
at mid-ocen ridges
far from mid-ocean ridges
near continents
near Asia
13
Active volcanoes are most likely to form at _____________.
the center of continents
divergent boundaries
convergent oceanic-continental boundaries
transform bundaries
14
Plates move apart at ____________ boundaries.
stable
transform
convergent
divergent
15
What does subduction do?
takes rock into Earth where it will be melted
places tension on rocks so that they pull apart
lift new rock to the surface
erodes surface rock making sediment
16
_______ are formed when two continental plates collide.
Mountain ranges
Strike-slip faults
Volcanoes
Rift valleys
17
Seafloor spreading occurs because ___________.
earthquakes break apart the floor ocean
molten material beneath Earth's crust rises to the surface
sediments accumulate at the area of spreading
new material is being add to the asthenosphere
18
This instrument is used to record seismic activity
seismologists
seismomenter
seismogram
seismowhaaaa?
19
Divergent plate boundaries are...
plates moving together
plates sliding past each other
plates moving apart

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