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Plate Boundaries And Continental Drift.
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Plates of the lithosphere float on the.......
a) Lithosphere
b) Asthenosphere
c) Core
d) Atmosphere
Active volcanoes are more likely to form at.......
a) Continental Drift
b) Divergent Boundary
c) Convergent Boundary
d) Transform Boundary
The crust and upper mantle make up Earth's
a) Lithosphere
b) Asthenosphere
c) Core
d) Continents
Subduction takes place during a Convergent Boundary when
a) The plates divide past each other
b) One plate sinks below the other plate as they collide
c) Crustal plates slide past each other
d) Continental drift
When two plates Collide
a) Mountains
b) Volcanoes
c) Trench
d) All of the above
When two tectonic plates are moving away from each other.
a) Mid Ocean Ridge
b) Rift Valley
c) Divergent Boundary
d) All of the Above
When the two plates slide against each other in a sideway motion. Occasionally this energy is released suddenly in the form of
a) Mid Ocean Ridges
b) Subduction
c) Mountain ranges
d) Earthquakes
What is the name of the super continent proposed by Alfred Wegner's theory of Continental Drift?
a) Panama
b) Gigantus
c) Pangea
d) United States
What is theory proposed by Alfred Wegner’s about the Earth's Continents.
a) Continental Drift
b) Divergent Plate Boundary
c) Convergent Plate Boundary
d) Transform Plate Boundary
Name the plate boundary that is a result of 2 plates that DIVIDE or seperate from each other.
a) Continental Drift
b) Divergent Plate Boundary
c) Convergent Plate Boundary
d) Transform Plate Boundary
Name the plate boundary that is a result of 2 plates that SLIDE past each other.
a) Continental Drift
b) Divergent Plate Boundary
c) Convergent Plate Boundary
d) Transform Plate Boundary
Name the plate boundary that is a result of 2 plates that COLLIDE or come together.
a) Continental Drift
b) Divergent Plate Boundary
c) Convergent Plate Boundary
d) Transform Plate Boundary
What do scientist believe is the force behind the plate tectonics theory?
a) Gravity pulls the tectonic plates
b) Movement of the planets
c) The continents float on the ocean
d) Convection currents inside the Asthenosphere
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