Earth Layers & Tectonic Plates Review

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The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

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Convergent Boundary (collide)

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Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move? Energy from the Sun, Magnetic Pole Reversal, Convection currents in the mantle, Faults in Mountain Ranges

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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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Mountains are created when....

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Two continental plates collide.

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The tectonic plates float on the 

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asthenosphere

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The thinest layer

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crust

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The thickest layer

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mantle

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The circular pattern of heating, rising, cooling, sinking of magma in the mantle causing tectonic plates to move.

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Convection Currents

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Is continental crust more dense than oceanic crust?

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False

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What is the rigid layer of the Earth's surface made up of the crust and upper mantle called?

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lithosphere