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Which of the following is NOT true of a hotspot?(1 point)
Responses

A. Hotspots can be active volcanoes

B. Hotspots are typically found in the middle of a tectonic plate.

C. Hotspots are often found at the edges of tectonic plates

D. The Hawaiian islands are an example of a hotspot.
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Why do Earth’s tectonic plates move?(1 point)
Responses

A. Gravity pulls them to the center of the Earth.

B. They float on convection currents in the mantle.

C. Liquid iron in the outer core causes them to move.

D. Ocean currents near the mid-ocean ridge push the plates.
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Where are the newest parts of Earth’s crust located?(1 point)
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at mid-ocean ridges

at the edges of continents

at the tops of mountains

in the cratons of continents
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Transform, Convergent, Divergent

Convergent, Divergent, Transform

Divergent, Convergent, Transform

Divergent, Transform, Convergent
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Identify the most likely location for an Earthquake of high magnitude.(1 point)
Responses

Oceanic-Oceanic, Divergent Boundary

Oceanic-Oceanic, Transform Boundary

Oceanic-Continental, Convergent Boundary
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At which type of plate boundary would a string of small volcanic islands most likely form?(1 point)
Responses

transform boundary

divergent ocean-ocean boundary

convergent ocean-continental boundary

convergent ocean-ocean boundary
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What is most likely to happen where two continental plates collide at a convergent boundary?(1 point)
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One plate is subducted beneath the other.

The direction shifts and it becomes a transform boundary.

The plates push up, forming a mountain range.

A volcanic island arc is formed.
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Geologists found fossils of similar marsupials from the same time period across South America, Africa, Antarctica, India and Australia. What theory is supported by this discovery?(1 point)
Responses

The processes happening today are the same processes that have occurred in the past.

Those continents were once a part of one supercontinent.

A vast land bridge once connected those continents.

Early marsupials were strong swimmers.
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At which type of boundary is new oceanic crust created?(1 point)
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a convergent boundary

a transform boundary

a subduction zone

a divergent boundary
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Which of these pieces of evidence did Alfred Wegener cite to support his hypothesis of continental drift?(1 point)
Responses

New oceanic crust formed between the northern and southern continents, pushing them apart.

The continents fit together like a puzzle.

Similar fossils have been found at the bottom of the ocean and on land.

Contraction of the Earth caused folded mountains to form.
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Which best explains mantle convection?(1 point)
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Cooler material in the mantle moves down, and warmer material in the mantle moves up.

Warmer material in the mantle moves down, and cooler material in the mantle moves up.


Warmer and cooler material in the mantle move down.

Warmer and cooler material in the mantle move up.
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What did Alfred Wegener try to prove with fossil evidence?(1 point)
Responses

that Earth is round, not flat

that Earth once had no continents

that Earth's landmasses moved over time

that Earth is almost 5 billion years old
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Why is the Plate Tectonic Theory accepted today over the Continental Drift Theory?(1 point)
Responses

The continents nor the plates truly move, they just appear to

All plates of Earth's crust move, not just the landmasses

The continents did move at one time but have moved back together

The marsupial fossils found were not great evidence that Pangaea once existed
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C. Hotspots are often found at the edges of tectonic plates
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B. They float on convection currents in the mantle.
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at mid-ocean ridges
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Divergent, Transform, Convergent
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Oceanic-Continental, Convergent Boundary
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convergent ocean-ocean boundary
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The plates push up, forming a mountain range.
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Those continents were once a part of one supercontinent.
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a divergent boundary
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The continents fit together like a puzzle.
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Cooler material in the mantle moves down, and warmer material in the mantle moves up.
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that Earth's landmasses moved over time
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All plates of Earth's crust move, not just the landmasses