Tectonic Plates True and False Practice

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The closer you are to a plate boundary, the greater risk you are for earthquakes.

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True

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Mountain ranges form when two continental crusts collide.

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True

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Pangea was a supercontinent that existed because all tectonic plates were joined together.

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True

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Fossil evidence supporting continental drift showed that dinosaurs could swim across oceans.

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False

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Tectonic plates float on top of Earth's mantle.

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True

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What are tectonic plates?

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Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other.

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What is continental drift?

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The theory that continents have moved over geological time and were once joined together.

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What is a plate boundary?

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The edge where two tectonic plates meet.

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What happens at a convergent boundary?

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Two plates collide, which can create mountains or cause one plate to subduct beneath another.

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.