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Some of the world’s folded mountains formed as a result of
a) oceanic-oceanic separation at mid-ocean ridges.
b) continental-continental separation at rift zones.
c) continental-oceanic collision at subduction zones.
d) continental-continental collision at convergent boundaries.

The speed a tectonic plate moves per year is best measured in
a) km per year
b) cm per year
c) m per year
d) mm per year

A possible result of plates moving along a transform boundary is
a) oceans
b) convections
c) earthquakes
d) sea-floor spreading

What do scientists use to measure tectonic plate movement?
a) clinometers
b) GPS
c) telescopes
d) seismographs

What is the idea that tectonic plates move around called?
a) plate theory
b) tectonic theory
c) plate tectonics
d) convergent theory

What is a place where tectonic plates touch called?
a) a separation
b) a collision
c) a division
d) a boundary

A boundary between tectonic plates that are moving toward each other
a) transform boundary
b) convergent boundary
c) divergent boundary
d)

Boundary between tectonic plates that move away from each other
a) transform boundary
b) convergent boundary
c) divergent boundary
d)

Boundary between tectonic plates that slide past each other
a) transform boundary
b) convergent boundary
c) divergent boundary
d)

Sets of deep cracks that form between two tectonic plates that are pulling away from each other are known as
a) mountains
b) troughs
c) clefts
d) rift zone

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