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Plate Tectonics

Quiz by Alexander Shannon

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21 questions
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  • Q1
    is the process by which denser oceanic lithosphere sinks back into the asthenosphere to melt and become magma
    Subduction
    30s
  • Q2
    a chain of mountain ranges (longest chain in the world) on the ocean floor where new oceanic crust forms
    Mid-Ocean Ridge
    30s
  • Q3
    A circulation pattern in which material is heated and rises in one area, then cools and sinks in another area, flowing in a continuous loop
    Convection Currents
    30s
  • Q4
    region below the lithosphere on which the tectonic plates move
    asthenosphere
    30s
  • Q5
    huge moving slabs of solid rock
    tectonic plates
    30s
  • Q6
    Crust and the uppermost part of the mantle (tectonic plates)
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    lithosphere
    30s
  • Q7
    theory that Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates
    Plate Tectonic Theory
    30s
  • Q8
    a place where two tectonic plates meet
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    boundary
    30s
  • Q9
    the boundary formed by the collision of two tectonic plates (lithosphere)
    Convergent boundary
    30s
  • Q10
    the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
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    Divergent Boundary
    30s
  • Q11
    the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other in opposite directions
    Transform boundary
    30s
  • Q12
    the process by which the shape of a rock changes because of stress
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    deformation
    30s
  • Q13
    the surface along which rocks break and slide past each other
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    faults
    30s
  • Q14
    Form at Continental-Continental Convergent Plate Boundaries when rock layers are squeezed together and pushed upward
    Folded mountains
    30s
  • Q15
    Usually forms at Continental- Oceanic Convergent Plate Boundaries where oceanic crust sinks into the asthenosphere at subduction zones
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    Volcanic Mountains
    30s

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