What is NOT evidence of plate tectonics?

Whales sinking to the bottom when they die

Where do folded mountain ranges occur?

convergent boundaries (cont.-cont.)

What are transform plate boundaries?

Plates that move past each other

Transform boundaries...

can cause an earthquake when they slide past each other.

What evidence did Wegener have for Continental Drift?

Fossils, rock types, puzzle shape of land

What are the types of plate boundaries?

Convergent, divergent, transform

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1
What is NOT evidence of plate tectonics?
Lands fits together like a puzzle
Mountain ranges across oceans made of the same type of rock.
Whales sinking to the bottom when they die
Scars on rocks due to glaciers
2
Where do folded mountain ranges occur?
divergent boundaries
convergent boundaries (cont.-cont.)
transform boundaries
convergent boundaires (ocean-ocean)
3
What are divergent plate boundaries?
Plates that move past each other
Plates that move apart
Plates that don't move at all
Plates that move together
4
Are there plate boundaries in the USA?
True
False
5
What can you expect at divergent plate boundaries?
Mountains
Mid-Ocean ridge
Nothing
Trench
6
What are transform plate boundaries?
Plates that don't move at all
Plates that move apart
Plates that move past each other
Plates that move together
7
Volcanoes are mostly found at plate boundaries
False
True
8
Where do trenches occur?
convergent boundaries
transform boundaries
never at plate boundaries
divergent boundaries
9
Do plates move?
NEVER
YES
10
What are convergent plate boundaries?
Plates that move past each other
Plates the move together
Plates that move apart
Plates that don't move around at all
11
Plate Tectonics Is Caused By _______?
Radiation Currents
Magma Currents
Convection Currents
Conduction Currents
12
Transform boundaries...
cause mountains due to the plates colliding/moving towards each other.
move away from each other.
can cause an earthquake when they slide past each other.
Never move.
13
What evidence did Wegener have for Continental Drift?
magnetic striping, fossils, puzzle shape of land
Fossils, rock types, puzzle shape of land
rock types, earthquake location, magnetic striping
seafloor spreading, volcano locations
14
What are the types of plate boundaries?
Convergent, divergent, transform
Converge, diverge, transform
Converging, diverging, transforming
Converging, diverging, transform

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