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Plate Boundaries and Continental Drift

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30 questions
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Question 1
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Question 2
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What mechanism makes plates move that Wegener didn't know about?

Question 3
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Which picture is a convergent boundary?

Question 4
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Which picture is a divergent boundary?

Question 5
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Which picture is a transform boundary?

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Question 10
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What types of crust are involved in this process? Explain how the plate boundaries made the features in this diagram.

Use as much detail as possible and complete sentences for full credit.

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Question 18
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What types of crust is involved in this process? Explain how the plate boundaries made this feature.

Use as much detail as possible and complete sentences for full credit.

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Question 22
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What does the red in the picture represent?

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Question 24
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What geologic feature formed the Hawaiian islands?

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Question 26
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Sea-floor spreads apart at both sides of a _____ as new crust is added.

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Question 27
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Question 30
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Describe how the mechanism of plate tectonics helps the Earth release heat from it's creation.
Use complete sentences and as much detail as possible.

What are the 3 lines of evidence for Wegener's theory of continental drift?
Sea floor spreading where new crust is being made
Bathymetry of the ocean floor
Rocks and fossils match
Magnetic Field alternates periodically
Mountain ranges continue on other continents
Sonar data
Seismology data at plate boundaries
Continents fit like puzzle pieces
Question 6
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What process is shown in this picture?

Question 7
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What causes this process?

Question 8
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Question 9
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What type of boundary is it?

Question 11
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What feature is this?

Question 12
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What process is shown in this picture?

Question 13
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Question 14
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What type of boundary is this?

Question 15
15.

What process is shown in this picture?

Question 16
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What type of boundary is this?

Question 17
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Question 19
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What type of boundary is this?

Question 20
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Question 21
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What type of boundary is this?

The oldest crust where it is being destroyed.
The youngest crust that is being created.
The areas where two plates are converging.
The magnetic reversals of Earth's history.
Question 23
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What kind of boundaries are the red areas.

Volcanic island chain
Volcanic mountain chain
Hot spot
Mid-ocean ridge
Question 25
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What tectonic activity created Hawaii?

The video shows which process occurring?
Seafloor Spreading
Continental Drift
Subduction
Convergent boundary
Question 28
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What type of plate boundary is represented?

Question 29
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What kind of boundary is this?

What features occur at this type of boundary? (choose more than one)
Trench
Rift Valley
Lakes
Mountains
Islands
Volcanoes
New Seafloor
Earthquakes
What other features occur at this type of boundary? (choose more than one)
Mountains
Trench
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Lakes/Seas
Islands
New Crust
What features occur at this type of boundary? (choose more than one)
Earthquakes
New Seafloor
Trench
Lakes
Islands
Mountains
Volcanoes
What are caused by these types of boundaries?
Volcanoes
New Seafloor
Earthquakes
Mountains
Trench
Islands
Lakes