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1
True or false? Convergent boundaries created the Andes mountains.
True
False
2
What does a convergent boundary produce?
Hurricanes.
Rip tides.
Mountains and bands of earthquake and volcanic activity.
Tornadoes.
3
Divergent boundaries create.....
Under sea mountain ranges
Sink holes
Volcanos
Earthquakes
4
How does a divergent boundary form?
When 2 plates move toward each other.
When volcanoes erupt.
When tides shift and create underwater sand mountains.
When 2 plates diverge, or move away from each other.
5
What does the Continental Drift Theory state?
The continents were joined in a land mass that broke apart
Sometimes continents shift for no reason.
Continents can not and will never move.
When two plates rub together the continents break.
6
Who proposed the theories of continental drift and plate tectonics?
Alfred Wegner
Albert Einstein
Galileo
Mo Willams
7
What does the theory of plate tectonics state?
The plates under the earth are made of lava.
Continents were once one large land mass.
Plate tectonics are only under the ocean.
That continents have moved and are still moving.
8
Plate boundaries......
ocour only in China
occur in volcanoes.
occur in the outer core.
occur where the edge of the plates meets
9
What are lithospheric plates?
The area right above the inner core.
What all volcanoes rest on.
Underground areas where lava and ocean water meet.
Parts of Earth's crust that are fractured into plates.
10
What do transform boundaries cause?
Earthquakes
Under water mountain ranges.
Oil spills.
Tornadoes.