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A subduction zone is
a) boundary where plates slide alongside one another
b) boundary where one plate slips under another
c) boundary where plates move toward one another
d) boundary where plates move away from one another

A convergent boundary is
a) boundary where plates move toward one another
b) boundary where plates slide alongside one another
c) boundary where one plate slips under another
d) boundary where plates move away from one another

A divergent boundary is
a) boundary where plates move away from one another
b) boundary where plates slide alongside one another
c) boundary where one plate slips under another
d) boundary where plates move toward one another

A transform boundary is
a) boundary where plates slide alongside one another
b) boundary where one plate slips under another
c) boundary where plates move toward one another
d) boundary where plates move away from one another

If a town experiences many earthquakes, it's probably by which type of boundary
a) transform
b) subduction zone
c) convergent
d) divergent

The tectonic plates are on the
a) Lithosphere
b) Asthenosphere
c) Inner Core
d) Mantle

The Rocky Mountains were formed by two plates ______________ forming a ________________
a) moving apart Convergent boundary
b) coming together Convergent boundary
c) moving apart Divergent boundary
d) sliding by one another Transform boundary

I expect to see new crust at which type of boundary
a) divergent
b) convergent
c) subduction zone
d) transform

I expect to see mountains at which type of boundary
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform
d) subduction zone

I should be prepared for earthquakes at a
a) transform boundary
b) divergent boundary
c) convergent boundary
d) subduction zone

I expect volcanoes to be at a
a) subduction zone
b) convergent boundary
c) divergent boundary
d) transform boundary

I should expect a rift valley at which type of boundary
a) divergent
b) convergent
c) transform
d) subduction zone

If I see two arrows pointing at each other on a tectonic plate map, that means a
a) convergent boundary
b) divergent boundary
c) transform boundary
d)

We're on the North American plate. What plate is directly underneath ours?
a) South American
b) Pacific
c) African
d) Eurasian

There's a circle of volcanic islands surrounding the Pacific plate. What is this called?
a) Ring of fire
b) Pacific Rim
c) Volcano Ring
d) South American plate

How do the tectonic plates move?
a) The plates move because of convection currents in the Earth's mantle
b) They're frozen in place
c) The plates move because the Outer Core is liquid
d) The plates move because of the Moon's gravity

Is the Lithosphere a chemical or physical layer?
a) Chemical
b) Physical
c)
d)

The inner core is solid
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Asthenosphere
a) Earth's layer of solid iron and nickel
b) Earth's layer broken into tectonic plates
c) Earth's layer that flows because of the property of plasticity
d) Earth's layer of liquid iron and nickel

Is the following order correct: Crust, Mantle, Inner Core, Outer Core
a) no
b) yes
c)
d)

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