Question

The pieces of the Earth's crust or lithosphere that fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces are called:

Question 1 options:

subduction plates


continental plates


mountain plates


tectonic plates
Answer
Two plates moving towards each other are called convergent plates. Which structures are likely to form at a convergent plate boundary?

Question 2 options:

rift valley


wave erosion


mountains


river canyons
Answer
When oceanic and continental plates converge, the oceanic plate tends to go under the continental plate where the plate eventually melts. Which feature below forms at these types of boundaries?

Question 4 options:

rift valley


seafloor spread


volcanic mountains


folded mountains

Answer
Wegner's idea of plates moving was not accepted until it was determined how they could move. It is now thought that plates move due to ______________ in the Earth's mantle.

Question 5 options:

Coriolanus effect


Convection currents


Magnetic layers


Radioactive waves
Answer
Folded mountains like the Himalayan mountains form along which boundary type:

Question 6 options:

Convergent, both oceanic crust plates


Divergent, both oceanic crust plates


Convergent, both continental crust plates


Divergent, both continental crust plates

Question 7 Needs Answer
Question 7 (1 point)
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What is the theory of Plate Tectonics?

Question 7 options:

A large plume of hot mantle material rising from deep within the Earth


A deep central fracture found along the crest of the mid-ocean ridge. On land, an elongated valley that overlies a region of stretching crust


A time when Earth's continents were once combined in one supercontinent


In geology, that says that the earths crust is composed of a mosaic of large, slowly moving plates

Question 8 Needs Answer
Question 8 (1 point)
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What is a Convergent Boundary?

Question 8 options:

a zone in the earth's crust along which tectonic plates are separating


a zone within the earths crust along which tectonic plates are sliding past each other


a zone in the earth's crust along which tectonic plates are colliding


a submarine mountain chain found along divergent plate boundaries where new oceanic crust is actively forming

Question 9 Needs Answer
Question 9 (1 point)
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What is a Divergent Boundary?

Question 9 options:

a zone in the earth's crust along which tectonic plates are separating


a zone within the earths crust along which tectonic plates are sliding past each other


a zone in the earth's crust along which tectonic plates are colliding


a submarine mountain chain found along divergent plate boundaries where new oceanic crust is actively forming

Question 10 Needs Answer
Question 10 (1 point)
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What is a Transformation Boundary?

Question 10 options:

a zone in the earth's crust along which tectonic plates are separating


a zone within the earths crust along which tectonic plates are sliding past each other


a zone in the earth's crust along which tectonic plates are colliding


a submarine mountain chain found along divergent plate boundaries where new oceanic crust is actively forming
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tectonic plates
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mountains
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volcanic mountains
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Convection currents
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Question 6: Convergent, both continental crust plates

Question 7: In geology, that says that the earth's crust is composed of a mosaic of large, slowly moving plates

Question 8: a zone in the earth's crust along which tectonic plates are colliding

Question 9: a zone in the earth's crust along which tectonic plates are separating

Question 10: a zone within the earth's crust along which tectonic plates are slideing past each other