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What plate boundary has 2 tectonic plates sliding past 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
A plate boundary in which 2 tectonic plates move away from each other.
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform
d) subduction
This is when 1 tectonic plate moves below another tectonic plate
a) divergent
b) transform
c) subduction
d) convergent
The German scientist who created the theory of continental drift .
a) Edison
b) Pangea
c) Fossils
d) Wegener
Type of plate boundary where mountains like the Himalayas form.
a) transform
b) convergent
c) subduction
d) divergent
The type of plate boundary that forms deep ocean trenches.
a) divergent
b) transform
c) subduction
d) convergent
The type of plate boundary that forms deep ocean trenches.
a) divergent
b) convergent
c) transform
d) subduction
Name of the supercontinent that existed 245 million years ago.
a) Wegener
b) Continent
c) Pangea
d) Fossil
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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