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Plate Tectonics Review Quiz
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Where does molten material rise from the mantle during sea floor spreading?
Deep Ocean Trenches
earthquakes
Mid ocean ridges
faults
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A convergent boundary is where the plates are
colliding together
sliding past each other
moving apart
3
Heat Transfered through the movement of a heated fluid is called
convection
radiation
conduction
4
A transform boundary is where the plates are
colliding together
moving apart
sliding past each other
5
Who was the scientist that developed the theory of Continental Drift?
Albert Einstein
Jane Goodall
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
6
Plate tectonics, or the movement of pieces of Earth's crust, is thought to be caused by
Hot Spots
Earthquakes
volcanoes
convection currents in the Earth's mantle
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A divergent boundary is where the plates are
sliding past each other
colliding together
moving apart
8
The mid ocean ridge is which type of boundary?
irregular
transform
divergent
convergent
9
Heat Transfered through direct contact is called
conduction
radiation
convection
10
The Earth's continents were once connected in one giant continent called
Pacifica
Eurasia
Indo-Australia
Pangaea
11
The San Andreas fault in California is which type of boundary?
transform
irregular
convergent
divergent
12
Mountain ranges form at which type of boundary?
convergent
irregular
transform
divergent
13
Why was Alfred Wegener's theory originally rejected by scientific peers?
His theory didn't make any sense.
They already knew the continents could not move.
He couldn't explain how the continents moved.
14
Heat Transferred through empty space in waves is called
convection
radiation
conduction
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Where does subduction occur?
Mid Ocean RIdges
where one plates sinks beneath another
Canyons
Mountains
