Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

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Other Sciences

7th Grade

Hard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What causes tectonic plates to move along the Earth's surface? Options: wind currents, ocean currents, convection currents in the mantle, expansion of the Earth

Back

convection currents in the mantle

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What type of boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other?

Back

divergent

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What forms at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates?

Back

mid-ocean ridge

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which type of crust is more dense? Options: oceanic, continental, divergent, pizza

Back

oceanic

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What type of boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other? Options: convergent, divergent, transform, lateral

Back

convergent

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What forms at a convergent boundary between a continental plate and an oceanic plate? Options: volcanoes, rift valleys, faults, mid-ocean ridges

Back

volcanoes

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A rift valley occurs at a ____________ boundary.

Back

divergent

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