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How many major tectonic plates have scientists identified?

A zone of active volcanoes that encircles the Pacific Ocean is known as the

Plate Tectonics

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A zone of active volcanoes that encircles the Pacific Ocean is known as the
The Red Circle
Pacific Ring of Volcanoes
Pacific Ring of Fire
Atlantic Ring of Fire
2
How many major tectonic plates have scientists identified?
8
29
15
12
3
Describe how continents and oceans are carried on tectonic plates.
beside the plates
below the plates
They are on top of the plates and they move
far away from the plates and don't move
4
A sudden movement along a Transform boundary is called
volcanic erupptions
erosion
the sun
Earthquakes
5
How are transform boundaries different from other types of boundaries?
they don't produce magma
a plate explodes
it happens with only one plate
they cause an explosion
6
How do volcanoes help to identify the locations of plates boundaries?
they are under them
form at divergent boundaries
form at convergent boundaries
they indicate that a new plate will form there
7
Which boundary causes earthquakes?
Divergent boundaries
Transform boundaries
Continental boundaries
Convergent Boundaries
8
Continental drift is
The theory that explains why and how continents move
the theory of how the earth was formed
the theory of how rocks are made
the theory of what made the universe
9
Where are most divergent boundaries located?
under islands
ocean boundaries
the middle of a continent
crust boundaries
10
What boundary causes deep-ocean trenches
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
Cambrian