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When plates slide past each other we experience_____
a) trenches
b) mountains
c) earthquakes
d) valleys

Mountains can shrink due to__________.
a) magma cooling
b) plates colliding
c) weathering and erosion
d) the sun shining on the mountain

If erosion rate is greater than uplift rate, a mountain will shrink.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Erosion is movement of sediment from one place to another
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Weathering is the breaking down of materials.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Evidence of marine fossils on the top of large mountains tells us that area was once.
a) Higher in the atmosphere
b) Under the ocean
c)
d)

The Mid-Atlantic ridge is a large mountain chain under the ocean.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

The Mid-Atlantic ridge is created by plates moving______each other, allowing magma to rise and cool into new ocean crust.
a) past
b) towards
c) away from
d)

Magma movement inside Earth causes the plates to move
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

_________currents cause magma inside Earth's surface to rise and sink, this movement causes the plates to move.
a) conduction
b) convection
c) precipitation
d) radiation

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