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What is the name for a plate boundary where plates are moving apart?
a) divergent
b) convergent
c) transform
d) nobody really knows
What do most geologists think causes earth's plates to move?
a) plate tectonics
b) convection currents in the mantle
c) convection currents in the outer core
d) sea floor spreading
What is the name for a tectonic plate boundary where plates are moving together?
a) divergent
b) convergent
c) transform
d) nobody really knows
What is the name for a tectonic plate boundary where the plates are sliding past each other?
a) divergent
b) convergent
c) transform
d) who knows?
Name the process where one tectonic plate goes under another one and back into the mantle.
a) lithosphere
b) subduction
c) plate tectonics
d) sea-floor spreading
Name the place where new oceanic crust is formed.
a) trench
b) volcanic mountain
c) rift valley
d) mid-ocean ridge
Name the place where ocean crust is recycled?
a) mid-ocean ridge
b) rift valley
c) volcanic mountain
d) trench
What type of plate boundary makes a rift valley?
a) divergent
b) convergent
c) transform
d) none of these
What type of plate boundary makes a trench?
a) divergent
b) convergent
c) transform
d) none of these
What type of plate boundary causes subduction?
a) divergent
b) transform
c) convergent
d) none of these
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