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MS 8.4b; Describe The Cause And Effect Relationship Between The Composition Of And Movement Within The Earth's Lithosphere. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

The presence of the same ____ on several continents supports the hypothesis of Continental Drift
a) fossils
b) rocks
c) neither
d) both

The hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current locations is called...
a) continental drift
b) continental slope
c) magnetic reversal
d) convection

Plates move apart at ___ boundaries.
a) convergent
b) stable
c) divergent
d) transform

The results of plate movement can be seen at...
a) abyssal plains
b) ocean margins
c) plate centers
d) plate boundaries

The boundary between two plates moving together is called...
a) divergent boundary
b) convergent boundary
c) transform boundary
d) lithosphere

Plates slide past one another at...
a) subduction zones
b) transform boundaries
c) convection currents
d) divergent boundaries

Active volcanoes are most likely to form at...
a) transform boundaries
b) divergent boundaries
c) the center of the continent
d) convergent oceanic-continental boundaries

____ are formed when two continental plates collide.
a) Volcanoes
b) Strike-slip faults
c) Mountain ranges
d) Rift valleys

A ___ forms where two oceanic plates collide.
a) subduction zone
b) hot spot
c) transform boundaries
d) rift valley

A lack of explanation for continental drift prevented many scientist from accepting that a single supercontinent called ____ once existed.
a) Glomar
b) Glossopteris
c) Pangaea
d) Wegener

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