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States of Matter, Continental Drift, & Plate Tectonics Quiz

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Give an example of what can result at a Divergent Plate Boundary.

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Give an example of what can result at a Tranform Plate Boundary.

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The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle again.

Transform 

Convergent

Subduction

What type of plate boundary is taking place below?

Divergent

Convergent

Tranform

What type of plate boundary is taking place below?

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

What type of plate boundary is taking place below?

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

Which of the following are evidences from Alfred Wegener's Continental Drift Theory? Select ALL that apply.

Fossils

Land

Climate

Seafloor Spreading

Continents fit like "puzzle pieces"

Which landform is created by convergent boundaries? 

Mountains

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Lakes

What is created by transform plate boundaries?

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Mountains

Earthquakes

What is matter with a definite shape and definite volume?

Solid

Liquid

Gas

What is matter that has a definite volume, but NOT a definite shape.

Solid

Liquid

Gas

________  is a liquid’s resistance to flow.

Viscosity

Temperature

Heat

Which item has the highest the viscosity?

Water

Milk

Honey

The process of one plate diving under another plate is known as

subduction

lithosphere

magma

What kind of plate boundary results to the formation of a fault line like the  San Andreas fault in California?

divergent boundary

transform boundary

convergent boundary

Has mass and takes up space

solid

liquid

gas

all of the above

Who believed that the continents were once a supercontinent?

John Smith

Henry Hass

Alfred Wegener

What is the name of the supercontinent that was present 200 million years ago, according to Alfred Wegener?

Lagwana

Pangea

Glossopteris