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GMS Mini-Quiz: Plate Tectonics

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1
Mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean
plate tectonics
normal polarity
mid ocean ridge
sea floor spreading
2
When two plates seperate.
divergent plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
plate boundary
transform plate boundary
3
Ancient super continent composed of land that forms todays continents
Continental Drift
Fossil
North America
Pangaea
4
When two plates collide.
transform plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
plate tectonics
convergent plate boundary
5
Which is NOT a piece of evidence that the ocean floor provides for plate tectonics?
Locations of earthquakes and volcanoes
Mapping the ocean floor
Pangaea
Ages of rocks on the ocean floor
6
Theory that continents are in constant motion
Sea Floor Spreading
Wagner
Pangaea
Continental Drift
7
Theory that earth's surface is made of rock plates that move.
Theory of magnetic reversal
Theory of plate tectonics
Theory of continental drift
divergent plate boundary
8
What plate are we located on?
Americas plate
Canadian plate
North American-Pacific plate
North American plate
9
Where are earthquakes and volcanoes more likely to happen?
In the ocean
At plate boundaries
On land
In the centre of a plate
10
When two plates slide past one another.
convergent plate boundary
plate tectonics
transform plate boundary
divergent plate boundary