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1
According to the theory of plate tectonics, where do most active volcanoes occur?
In the ocean
On contintental plates
On oceanic plates
Along plate boundaries
2
What type of crust has a greater density, oceanic or continental?
Continental
Oceanic
3
What type of boundary is shown in this picture?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
4
Which statement best describes the movement of Earth’s plates?
The plates are constantly moving.
There is no evidence to support the plates moving.
The plates have never moved.
The plates moved millions of years ago, but have now stopped.
5
Which statement descibes why fossils of the same land-dwelling species have been found in both South America and Africa?
They became extinct
These organisms once lived on one large landmass that later split apart
They migrated
They once lived togeher but were seperateed by mountains
6
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
Why volcanoes errupt
How continents move and interact over time
Why the Earth has seasons
How oceans form
7
Which of these landforms would most likely be found at a divergent boundary?
Fault Line
Mountain
Volcanic Island
Mid-Ocean Ridge
8
What type of boundary is shown?
Divergent
Convergent
Subduction
Transform
9
What type of plate boundary is shown?
Divergent
Convergent
This is not a plate boundary
Transform
10
The principle of superposition states that:
There is an even amount of fossils in every layer
The oldest rocks are found on the surface of Earth
The oldest rock layers are found at the bottom
All rocks are the same age
11
What is occuring as a result of plate collision?
Divergent boundary forming
Ocean ridge
Subduction is occuring
Transform boundary forming