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Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics
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Covering basics of plate tectonics, spheres, etc.
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This image shows the process of:
Subduction caused by diverging tectonic plates.
Transformation caused by converging and diverging.
Transformation by tectonic plate production.
Subduction caused by converging tectonic plates.
2
Select the correct label for this diagram of tectonic plate boundaries
divergent, convergent, transform
divergent, transform, transport
divert, convert, transportation
convergent, divergent, transform
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Diverging means
Disappearing
Running
Digging
Separating
4
When an earthquake occurs on the ocean floor the ground disturbance may cause:
a tsunami
a tidal wave
speed
a river
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Which list of synonyms best matches the word 'converging'?
waving, gesturing, bouncing
happiness, contentedness, joy
fighting, cooperating, giving
joining, merging, intersecting
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The area around the famous San Andreas fault line is prone to major earthquakes. It was created by...
a transform plate boundary
a divergent plate boundary
a convergent plate boundary
subduction
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Transform plate boundaries involve tectonic plates...
Compromising
Merging together
sliding and slipping against each other
Separating from each other
8
Select the correct order of the layers of the earth as shown in the diagram:
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
outer core, crust, inner core, mantle
crust, inner core, mantle, outer core
Mantle, crust, inner core, outer core,
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Tectonic plates are slowly moving at the speed of:
2 to 15 millimetres per year
2 to 15 centimetres per year
2 to 15 metres per year
2 to 15 kilometres per year
10
The ancient supercontinent that slowly and gradually split into today's continents was called
Pancake
Pangaea
Europe
Laurasia
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The lithosphere is the hard, rocky outer shell of the Earth including the crust.
False
True
12
Continental plates are those that the oceans sit on, while Oceanic plates are those that lands sit on.
True
False
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The asthenosphere is another name for the rocky outer layer of the Earth
False
True
