Earth Science Review

Are a result of the build-up of stress at a plate boundary.

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Tornado

• Hurricane

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A folded mountain range will form at what type of tectonic boundary?

• mid-ocean ride boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

The lithosphere is

• composed of the liquid core.

• a combination of the crust and mantle

• a combination of the mantle and core.

• composed of only the continental crust

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The San Andreas Fault in California is a famous example of the boundary where two tectonic plates slide and grind past one another.  This fault is called a

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

• earthquake boundary

• divergent boundary

Heat transfer by the ________ of liquids is called convention.

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When a liquid becomes cooler, its particles move more _________ and it becomes _____________.

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What is formed at the convergent boundary of two continental plates?

• a fault

• a mid-ocean ridge

• a mountain range

• a volcanic island

A hot mantle near the core can slowly rise (less dense) and then become cooler and denser once it's near the surface then causing it to sink.

• True

• False

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The majority of the volcanic mountains are formed at which types of tectonic boundary

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• mantle boundary

The emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles

• ionization

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

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