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Which tectonic plate is the United States of America part of?
a) Eurasian
b) South American
c) North American
d) Pacific
Which tectonic plate is mostly ocean?
a) Pacific
b) Indo-Australian
c) African
d) South American
The North American and Pacific plate slide past each other along the San Andreas Fault in California. How would that plate boundary be classified?
a) Transform
b) Divergent
c) Convergent
d)
When two plates collide, like the Indo-Australian and Pacific plates, they are said to be what?
a) Transform
b) Divergent
c) Convergent
d)
When two plates move away from each other, like the South American and African plates, they are said to be what?
a) Transform
b) Divergent
c) Convergent
d)
Which crust is more dense and made mostly of the igneous rock basalt?
a) oceanic
b) continental
c)
d)
Which crust is thicker?
a) oceanic
b) continental
c)
d)
When oceanic and continental crust come together, oceanic crust is pushed underneath the continental crust. What is this action called?
a) subtraction
b) divergence
c) convergence
d) subduction
Two of the tectonic plates are combinations of two names. Which one has land masses that are separated by water?
a) Eurasian
b) Indo-Australian
c)
d)
Which tectonic plate is located below the North American plate?
a) African
b) Indo-Austrailan
c) Pacific
d) South American
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