2.2 Movement of Earth's Surface Quiz

What is a deep drop off formed at a subduction zone?

• Trench

• Continental Drift

• Lithosphere

• Divergent Boundary

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What landform is built out of igneous extrusions over time where a plate is subducted and partially melts?

• Sea-Floor Spreading

• Rift Valley

• Volcano

• Continental Drift

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What is a large section of lithosphere that makes up the top layer of Earth and are moving from convection inside the Earth.

• Tectonic Plate

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Sea-Floor Spreading

• Trench

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What type of boundary happens when two plates are moving towards each other and colliding?

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Fault Line

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What type of boundary happens when two plates are spreading apart from each other?

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Earthquake

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What type of boundary happens when two plates are sliding past each other?

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Volcano

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What is a place in the asthenosphere (mantle) where it gets hot enough to melt part of the tectonic plate and causes volcanoes to form?

• Transform Boundary

• Rift Valley

• Continental Drift

• Hot Spot

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What is the top, solid part of Earth that is divided into tectonic plates?

• Rift Valley

• Lithosphere

• Convergent Boundary

• Map

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What are mountains that form along divergent boundaries where plates are dividing?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Transform Boundary

• Volcano

• Subduction

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What theory states that the continents of Earth once fit together to form a landmass called Pangaea, but drifted to where they are today?

• Divergent Boundary

• Continental Drift Theory

• Trench

• Convergent Boundary

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