Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
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- Q1The process that continually adds new crust is:SubductionConvectionSea-floor spreadingEarthquakes120s
- Q2Where two plates rub past each other in opposite directions is aDivergent boundaryConvergent BoundaryTransform boundaryHot spot120s
- Q3The place where two plates collide is called aDivergent boundaryConvergent BoundaryHot spotTransform Boundary120s
- Q4The place where two plates move apart is called aDivergent boundaryHot SpotTransform boundaryConvergent boundary120s
- Q5Subduction is whenNew crust is formedOne plate slides under anotherNew islands are formedEarthquakes occur along a transform boundary120s
- Q6The mid-ocean ridge occurs along aDivergent boundary where seafloor spreading takes placeDivergent boundary where subduction takes placeTransform boundary where crust is subductedConvergent boundary where new crust is formed120s
- Q7When two continental plates pull apart a ________________________ formsMountain rangeEarthquakeRift valleySubduction zone120s
- Q8Oceanic crust is ____________________ than continental crustLess hotLess denseMore denseMore hot120s
- Q9A place where an unusually hot part of the mantle rises through the crust causing volcanic activity is called aHot SpotTransform boundaryConvergent boundaryDivergent boundary120s
- Q10The Himalayan mountains were formed because of aHot spotTransform boundaryConvergent boundaryDivergent boundary120s
- Q11Volcanoes are most likely to occur along aTransform boundarySeafloor spreadingDivergent boundaryConvergent boundary120s
- Q12What causes the tectonic plates to move?Ocean CurrentsCoriolis effectConvection currents in the mantleVolcanoes120s
- Q13A map of global earthquakes and volcanoes tells youWhere the Earth is the hottestWhere the plate boundaries areWhere the edges of the continents areNothing, it looks random120s
- Q14Hot spots areAlways moving aroundConstantly disappearing and reappearingWhat creates earthquakesStationary, they stay in the same place120s
- Q15Where would the oldest rocks be found?LOMN120s
