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Tectonic plates are pieces of broken lithosphere. What is lithosphere?
a) It is another name for Earth's crust.
b) It is a layer of plastic rock beneath Earth's crust called the asthenosphere.
c) It is Earth's crust plus the rigid part of the upper mantle.
d) It is a layer of rock and soil between Earth's outer and inner cores.

Why do tectonic plates move?
a) Earthquakes push tectonic plates in different directions.
b) Winds blowing from the equator towards the poles push tectonic plates in different directions.
c) Earth's rotation on its axis causes tectonic plates to drift eastward over time.
d) Convection currents turning in the mantle push tectonic plates in different directions.

Where are mid-ocean ridges found?
a) a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates
b) a divergent boundary between two continental plates
c) a convergent boundary between two oceanic plates
d) a convergent boundary between two continental plates

What type of boundary do subduction zones occur?
a) Divergent
b) Convergent
c) Transform
d) Seismic

Frequent earthquakes (like around the San Andreas Fault) are common along this boundary type
a) Divergent
b) Convergent
c) Transform
d) Seismic

Folded mountains are commonly found
a) a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates
b) a divergent boundary between two continental plates
c) a convergent boundary between two oceanic plates
d) a convergent boundary between two continental plates

Island arcs and volcanic coastal mountains are found at which boundary type?
a) Divergent
b) Convergent
c) Transform
d) Seismic

Rift valleys are found at which boundary type?
a) Divergent
b) Convergent
c) Transform
d) Seismic

Crust is created
a) at mid-ocean ridges along divergent boundaries.
b) at earthquakes at transform boundaries.
c) at subduction zones along convergent boundaries.
d) At folded mountains along convergent boundaries.

Crust is destroyed
a) at mid-ocean ridges along divergent boundaries.
b) at earthquakes at transform boundaries.
c) at subduction zones along convergent boundaries.
d) At folded mountains along convergent boundaries.

All of the lower 48 states sit on the North American plate except
a) California
b) Florida
c) New Mexico
d) Puerto Rico

Tectonic plates slide past one another at ______ boundaries.
a) divergent
b) convergent
c) transform
d) seismic

Tectonic plates collide with one another at ______ boundaries.
a) divergent
b) convergent
c) transform
d) seismic

Tectonic plates pull apart at ______ boundaries.
a) divergent
b) convergent
c) transform
d) seismic

Convection currents turning in the mantle cause the movement of tectonic plates. How does convection in the mantle move?
a) Hot material rises, cools, then sinks.....and repeats.
b) Cool material rises, warms, then sinks.....and repeats.
c) Gravity pulls magma in Earth's mantle down towards Earth's core.
d) Gravity pulls magma in Earth's core up towards Earth's mantle.

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