Plate Tectonics Review Game

In his theory of continental drift, Alfred Wegener proposed that ________.

• the continents were once joined together in one land mass

• the continents are all moving together and will soon collide

• Earth is expanding

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At transform boundaries, tectonic plates _______.

• move apart

• slide past each other

• collide

• do not move

At convergent boundaries, the tectonic plates _______________.

• move apart

• slide past each other

• collide

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The movement of tectonic plates can produce ________.

• glaciers

• earthquakes

• impact craters

• fossils

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Which geologic feature forms when tectonic plates collide?

• sinkholes

• mountains

• valleys

• buttes

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What was the supercontinent called when all seven continents were together?

• Eurasia

• Pangea

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The process that powers plate tectonics is

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Subduction

A plate boundary where two plates move away from one another.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

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A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

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A device that determines the distance of an object underwater.

• Mercalli scale

• sonar

• Richter Scale

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