plate tectonics

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What causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

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Convection currents in the mantle

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What type of event will occur at this boundary? Options: Earthquake, Volcano Eruption, Tornado, Mountain Building

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Earthquake

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What type of plate boundary is this? Options: Plate, Divergent, Convergent, Transform

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Convergent

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A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

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Pull apart

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Name the ancient supercontinent formed 280 Million Years ago. Options: Pangea, Gondwanda, Laurasia, Neverland.

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Pangea

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Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics? Options: Fossils, Mountains, Glaciers, Sand Erosion

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Sand Erosion

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What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary? Options: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Mountains, Rift Valleys

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Earthquakes

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What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

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What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust? Options: Volcano, Mountain, Rift, Island Arc

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Mountain

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The core is mostly made up mostly of which elements?

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Nickel and Iron