Plate Tectonics

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When comparing the Earth's crust to the core, the core is.....

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more dense, hotter, more iron

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When two continental plates collide what may form?

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mountain range

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How were these mountains most likely formed? Options: Transform boundary, Divergent boundary, convergence of two continental plates, convergence of an oceanic and a continental plate

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convergence of an oceanic and a continental plate

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What land form usually forms above a hot spot? Options: barrier island, volcanic island, peninsula, continent

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volcanic island

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What would explain the formation of this trench? Options: Sea Floor Spreading, Weathering & Erosion, Convergence of ocean plates, Transform boundary faulting

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Convergence of ocean plates

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What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault?

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Transform

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What is pangaea?

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all the continents

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The theory of plate tectonics is a result of....

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finding older rocks near continents and younger rocks near the center of the oceans

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What tectonic plate fault occurred in the picture? Options: Divergent, Transform, Convergent

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Convergent

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If the same type of mountain evidence was found in both South America and Africa, which statement would be FALSE? Options: The continents were once joined together, The evidence was found in the same hemisphere, Some of the same mountains were once on both continents, Every mountain range has the same rocks

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Every mountain range has the same rocks