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1
What is the outer layer of the tectonic plate?
Lithosphere
None of the above
Upper mantle
Crust
2
What do most plates support?
The earth
None of the above
Continents and oceans
Right answer
3
Why do plates move?
Heat melts the plate and pressure forces movement
Tectonic plates don't move at all
because they don't float on top of liquid mantel
4
What is a tectonic plate?
Cooking plate
No purpose
Slabs of earth that collide to form a movement
They float in the ocean
5
Explain the term "hot spots"?
In the middle of plates it is hot
In the middle of plates you can get areas of weakness
There is no such term as hot spots
6
What is the biggest tectonic plate?
North American plate
Eurasian plate
Pacific plate
African plate
7
The place where two plates collide is called a?
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
Hot spot
Convergent boundary
8
Where is the ring of fire?
Pacific plate
Australia plate
Eurasian plate
Antartic plate
9
Plates can converge and diverge causing tectonic activity?
True
False
10
How many major tectonic plates are there?
1
15
200
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