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Define Plate Movements And Their Results.
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What causes the movement of plates?
a) wind
b) Earth's thermal energy
c) the moon
d) ocean currents
What occurs at convergent boundaries?
a) plates slide past each other horizontally
b) plates move apart
c) plates move together
d) plates stay the same
What happens at a divergent boundary?
a) plates slide past each other horizontally
b) plates move apart
c) plates move together
d) plates stay the same
At a transform boundary
a) plates slide past each other horizontally
b) plates move apart
c) plates move together
d) plates stay the same
What are faults?
a) mistakes that you make
b) the middle of a plate
c) boundaries of plates
d) beneath plates
Where can you find most earthquakes and volcanoes?
a) at plate boundaries (faults)
b) in the middle of plates
c) in the South Pole
d) they cannot be found in one particular place
Which geologic feature is NOT caused by plate movement?
a) mountains
b) swamps
c) mid-ocean ridges
d) ocean trenches
Movement along which plate boundary can cause an earthquake?
a) divergent boundary
b) convergent boundary
c) strike slip boundary
d) all boundaries
At which boundary do mountains form?
a) transform boundary
b) divergent boundary
c) convergent boundary
d) superficial boundary
Which of the following does NOT occur at a divergent boundary?
a) Mid-ocean ridge
b) volcano
c) continental mountain range
d) rift valley
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