Question 1

The movement of this plate boundary is:

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Convergent

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Divergent

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Transform

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Oceanic

Question 2

What type of landforms are created by two converging continental plates?

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Mountains

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Volcanoes

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Mid-ocean Ridges

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Valleys

Question 3

This plate boundary is:

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Divergent

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Confused

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Convergent

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Transform

Question 4

What is this type of boundary?

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Transform

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Divergent

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Convergent

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Slip Fault

Question 5

Seafloor spreading occurs when two plates

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are moving away from each other creating ridges

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slip past each other creating earthquakes

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are colliding into eachother

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when one plate subducts beneath another less dense one

Question 6

Rocks found along divergent boundaries are youngest away from the plate boundary

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False- rocks are younger closer to the boundary

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True- rocks are younger as you move away from the boundary

Question 7

What kind of plate boundary is the San Andreas Fault?

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Transform

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Divergent

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Convergent

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Karst Topography

Question 8

What type of plate boundary is shown?

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Convergent- Oceanic Continental

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Convergent- Oceanic Oceanic

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Convergent- Continental Continental

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Transform- Faults

Question 9

What type of land feature is found at this plate boundary?

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Volcanic Mountains

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Folded Mountains

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Island Arcs

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Faults

Question 10

What type of land feature is show in the picture?

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Mid Atlantic Ridge

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Himalayan Mountains

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Africa's Rift Valley

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Mariana Trench

Question 11

What causes tectonic plates to move?

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Convection Currents

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Gravity

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Rotation of Earth

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Earthquakes

Question 12

Convection currents are the force that drives plate movement, it occurs in the

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Mantle

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Outer Core

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Lithosphere

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Inner Core

Question 13

Land features such as island arcs, mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, and earthquakes occur:

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along plate boundaries

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Africa only

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anywhere on earth, it's random!

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Ring of Fire only

Question 14

What type of boundary is shown?

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Convergent

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Deep-sea sediment

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 15

What type of convergent boundary is shown?

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Ocean Oceanic

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Continental Continental

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Transform

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Oceanic Continental

Question 16

When ocean and continental plates collide, which plate subducts beneath the other?

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oceanic, it's more dense

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oceanic, it's less dense

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neither

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continental, it's less dense

Question 17

Seafloor spreading occurs when two plates

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are moving away from each other creating ridges

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when one plate subducts beneath another less dense one

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are colliding into each other

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slip past each other creating earthquakes

Question 18

This is the large super continent, the name means "all land"

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Pangaea

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Gondwanaland

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Polynesia

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Panda

Question 19

The thin layer that is on the surface of the earth, where we live

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Crust

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Crutch

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Mantle

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Core

Question 20

Hot material in the mantle rises, cools and then sinks which causes this

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convection currents

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ocean currents

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conversation currents

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convention currents

Question 21

The large pieces of crust that move due to convection currents in the mantle

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Tectonic plates

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Dinner plates

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China plates

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Armor plates

Question 22

Type of boundary where plates are coming together

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Convergent

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Political

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 23

Type of boundary where plates are moving apart like at a mid ocean ridge

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Divergent

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Political

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Transform

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Convergent

Question 24

Region in the interior of the Earth between the core and the crust.

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Mantle

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Lithosphere

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Core

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Crust

Question 25

Where do the majority of Earth's volcanoes and earthquakes occur? Choose BEST answer.

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Along plate boundaries

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Near mountains

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In the middle of the oceans

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On the coastlines

Question 26

What is the theory stating that the crust is divided into plates that move across the Earth?

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Theory of Plate Tectonics

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Theory of Earthquakes

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Theory of Volcanoes

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Theory of Pangaea

Question 27

Which of Earth's layers is the hottest?

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Inner Core

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Mantle

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Outer Core

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Crust

Question 28

How long ago did Pangaea form?

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220 million years ago

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200 years ago

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4.6 billion years ago

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Yesterday

Question 29

Who is your favorite Science teacher? (Yes, there is a correct answer.)

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Mrs. Tietjen

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Bill Nye

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Mr. Albert Einstein

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Mr. Bean

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