Plate Tectonics QUIZ
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- Q1
Each plate boundary often goes by two names. Match each of the following types of plate boundaries to its other name.
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Which type of plate boundary is characterized by plates moving apart?
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
300s - Q3
The Himalayas are formed due to which type of plate boundary?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
Subduction
300s - Q4
How many major (key) tectonic plates are there?
3
5
8
7
300s - Q5
The San Andreas fault lies at a conservative plate boundary.
truefalseTrue or False300s - Q6
Which of the following features is NOT commonly associated with convergent plate boundaries?
Subduction zones
Mid-ocean ridges
Mountains
Earthquakes
300s - Q7
What is the name of the rocky, outermost shell of Earth that is made up of the crust and the upper mantle?
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Name Earth's layers, from the outermost layer to the innermost.
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What is the name of the process that drives the movement of Earth's tectonic plates?
Convention currents
Convection currents
Conduction currents
Condention currents
300s - Q10
What is the name of this ancient supercontinent that was once made up of all continental plates?
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Scientists can use fossils to help support the theory of plate tectonics
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