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A landform created underwater when two oceanic plates move apart and leave an dip in the seafloor
a) rift valley
b) mountain building
c) volcano
d) ocean basin

a landform created when two plates collide (move toward each other) and push upward
a) Mountains
b) Subduction zone
c) earthquake
d) rift valley

a geologic event that happens when two plates slide past each other
a) volcano
b) mountain building
c) earthquake
d) ocean basin

The name of the crust that is found at the bottom of the oceans
a) continental crust
b) oceanic crust
c) plate tectonics
d) mantle

The name of the crust you find of the land we walk and live on
a) oceanic crust
b) plate tectonics
c) mantl
d) continental crust

When two plates move TOWARD each other and the more dense plate SINKS
a) DIvergent boundary
b) Subduction Zone
c) Mountain building
d) seafloor spreading

The name of the boundary when two plates slide past each other
a) Convergent Boundary
b) Divergent Boundary
c) Transform Boundary
d) none of the above

The name of the boundary when two plates move away from each other
a) Convergent Boundary
b) Divergent Boundary
c) Transform Boundary
d) none of the above

The name of the boundary when two plates move toward each other
a) Convergent Boundary
b) DIvergent Boundary
c) Transform Boundary
d) none of the above

a land form created on land (not underwater) as two pieces of land move apart
a) Rift valley
b) Ocean basin
c) mountain building
d) volcano

The man that created the theory of plate tectonics
a) ALbert Einstein
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) Alfred Wegener
d) Batman

The process responsible for moving the tectonic plates that happens in the mantle
a) Compaction
b) Convection Currents
c) Erosion
d) Weathering

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