Plate Tectonics- Interpreting Maps

What is the idea of plate tectonics?

• tectonic plates are cool

• the crust is made up of tetons called plates

• the crust is made up of solid rock called tectonics

• the crust is made up of large, moving rock called plates

What are plates made of?

• sheets of ice

• sheets of rock

• sheets of wood

• sheets of magma

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Why is movement of the plates not very noticeable?

• They are big.

• They are small.

• It takes a short amount of time.

• It takes a long amount of time

How are mountains formed at convergent boundaries?

• The earth's plates push up together.

• The earth's plates push away from each other.

• The earth's plates slide alongside each other

• The earth's plates crush and dissolve

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Where do most of the strongest earthquakes form?

• Convergent boundaries

• divergent boundaries

• transform boundaries

• Tennessee

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Which type of boundaries crash into each other?

• divergent

• convergent

• trench

• transform

Which type of boundaries move apart from each other?

• divergent

• convergent

• trench

• transform

Which type of boundaries slide alongside each other?

• divergent

• convergent

• trench

• transform

What is a trench?

• mountains

• caves in a mountain

• deep part of an ocean or land

What is a fault?

• a large hole

• a large hill

• a large crack