Plate Tectonics and Boundaries

This Theory says that the Earth is made of plates

• Theory of Relativity

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• Theory of Evolution

• The Big Bang Theory

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Convection happens in the...

• outer core

• inner core

• crust

• mantle

In convection, hot material moves __.

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In convection, cold material moves ____.

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Where 2 tectonic plates meet is called a...

• convection

• plate boundary

• tectonic

• trecnch

Divergent boundaries move ____ from each other

• away

• toward

• side by side

• up and down

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Seafloor spreading is caused by...

• Tectonic plates

• Transform boundaries

• Divergent boundaries

• Convergent boundaries

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Convergent boundaries move...

• together

• away

• side by side

• up and down

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When one plate moves under another, it is called...

• divergent

• transform

• subduction

• convergent

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Transform boundaries...

• move away

• move together

• grind past each other (side by side)

• move up and down