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Earth History

Quiz by Nadine Knibbs

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  • Q1
    A boundary where two plates are colliding.
    Convergent Plate Boundary
    30s
  • Q2
    A boundary where two plates are dividing.
    Divergent Plate Boundary
    30s
  • Q3
    A boundary where two plates are sliding past each other.
    Transform Plate Boundary
    30s
  • Q4
    The area where there is a downward movement of the edge of one tectonic plate into the mantle beneath another plate.
    Subduction Zone
    30s
  • Q5
    formed when a continental and oceanic plate are converging.
    Ocean Trench
    30s
  • Q6
    This zone forms at transform plate boundaries.
    Fault Zone
    30s
  • Q7
    A chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate.
    Volcanic Arc
    30s
  • Q8
    A valley formed where 2 continental plates are diverging.
    Rift Valley
    30s
  • Q9
    A long ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the up-welling of magma associated with seafloor spreading. An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
    Mid-Ocean Ridge
    30s
  • Q10
    The stress found at a divergent boundary.
    Tension Stress
    30s
  • Q11
    The stress found at a convergent boundary.
    Compression Stress
    30s
  • Q12
    The stress found at a transform boundary.
    Shear Stress
    30s
  • Q13
    Convection currents transfer heat from one place to another by mass motion of a fluid such as water, air or molten rock. The heat transfer function of convection currents drives the earth's ocean currents, atmospheric weather and geology.
    Convection Current
    30s
  • Q14
    A hypothesis that our continents were once all joined together, but have since drifted apart.
    Continental Drift hypothesis
    30s
  • Q15
    Pieces of Earth's crust and upper mantle (lithosphere)
    Tectonic Plates
    30s

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