Earth Science: Tectonic Plates ~ Eighth Grade - Rachael Ladner | Biblioteka

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What Type of Plate Boundary Results in Seafloor Spreading?

Convergent

Divergent

Transform

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Who Was the First to Propose the Idea of Tectonic Plates and Continental Drift?

Allen Waren

Alfred Wegener

Angus Wiggins

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What Happens at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

A Divergent Plate Boundary Opens the Earth's Crust, Magma Rises to Fill the Gap, and the Seafloor Spreads.

A Convergent Plate Boundary Pushes the Earth's Crust Together, Creating Tension That Results in Mountain Ranges.

A Transform Plate Boundary Causes Two Plates to Slide Against Each Other, Resulting in Earthquakes, and Displaced Land.

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What is Pangaea?

One of Neptune's Moons

A Planet

A Super-Continent

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What Layer of the Earth Contains the Tectonic Plates?

The Mantle

The Lithosphere

The Core

The Crust

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What are Tectonic Plates?

Large Masses of Land

Pieces of Rock That Don't Melt in the Earth's Mantle

Large Sheets of Metal Found in the Earth's Core That Cause Gravity to Remain Intact

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Convection Currents Bring the Hottest Molten Rock to the Surface and Pull the Cooler Rock Back Down to the Core to Be Re-Melted.

Tačno

Netačno

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Earthquakes Are Seismic Activity that Can be Felt on the Earth's Surface.

Tačno

Netačno

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What Type of Plate Boundary Created the Himilayan Mountains?

Transform

Divergent

Convergent

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What Type of Plate Boundary is Found at the San Andreas Fault in California?

Convergent

Transform

Divergent

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What is the Name Given to the Massive Chain of Volcanoes that Surrounds the Pacific Ocean? (Either Name is Acceptable)

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What Zone, Found at Convergent Plate Boundaries, Allows for Heavier Tectonic Plates to Move Under Lighter Tectonic Plates, and Fall Down into The Earth's Mantle to Become Molten Once Again?

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What Type of Land Mass is Created When Magma Rises Through the Earth's Crust & Turns into Lava Once it Reaches the Surface?

Mountains

Volcanoes

Hills

Caverns