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Name of the supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago.
a) Wegener
b) Continent
c) Pangea
d) Fossil

The type of plate boundary that forms deep ocean trenches.
a) divergent
b) convergent
c) transform
d) subduction

The type of plate boundary that forms deep ocean trenches.
a) divergent
b) transform
c) subduction
d) convergent

Type of plate boundary where mountains like the Himalayas form.
a) transform
b) convergent
c) subduction
d) divergent

The German scientist who created the theory of continental drift .
a) Edison
b) Pangea
c) Fossils
d) Wegener

This is when 1 tectonic plate moves below another tectonic plate
a) divergent
b) transform
c) subduction
d) convergent

A plate boundary in which 2 tectonic plates move away from each other.
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform
d) subduction

The plate boundary in which 2 tectonic plates come toward each other.
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform
d) subduction

What plate boundary has 2 tectonic plates sliding past each other?
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform
d) subduction

Type of plate boundary where mid-ocean ridges form.
a) subduction
b) divergent
c) convergent
d) transform

Type of heat transfer in the mantle that cause tectonic plates to move.
a) conduction
b) convection
c) radiation
d) continenet

This type of plate boundary creates rift valleys.
a) divergent
b) subduction
c) transform
d) divergent

This type of plate boundary creates faults.
a) divergent
b) tranform
c) convergent
d) subduction

Wegener used the following evidence to support his theory of continent drift.
a) animal and plant fossils
b) landforms like mountains lining up
c) ancient climates
d) all of the above

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