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Plate Tectonics CM
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What causes one plate to be subducted beneath the other?
Miss Claire
Density
Air
Water
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Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary?
Transform
Continental
Divergent
Convergent
3
Subduction happens at
deep ocean trenches
Paul's classroom
mountains
In space
4
A fault is a
break in earth's crust
mid ocean ridge
deep ocean trench
subduction
5
type of boundary when two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions is a
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
oceanic boundary
transform boundary
6
At which type of boundary does a rift valley form
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
a strong boundary
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When two plates move apart, it is what kind of boundary
transform
continental
divergent
convergent
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A mid-ocean ridge is
An ocean on the top of a mountain
A mountain at the bottom of the ocean floor
A deep ocean trench
A valley
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The edges of the plates meet at lines called
hairlines
oceans
faults
plate boundaries
10
Convection currents happen in the
lithosphere
inner core
crust
asthenosphere
11
What causes the plates to move?
Tsunamis
Ocean Currents
Convection Currents
Forest Fires
12
Changes in Earth's surface include
Mountain Ranges
All of the above
Deep ocean trenches
Volcanoes
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When the ocean floor sinks into a deep ocean trench, that is called
conduction
abduction
subduction
duplication
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When two plates come together, what type of boundary is it?
transform
divergent
convergent
montessori
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A transform boundary usually causes what to happen?
Earthquakes
Subduction
Mountains
Rift Valleys
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When two continental plates collide, they form
mountains
new life
rift valleys
deep ocean trenches
