Plate Tectonics & Boundaries

The 4 layers of the Earth:

• crust, mantle, core

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• crust, molten rock, outer core, inner core

• crust, molten rock, dirt, lava

What is the layer of Earth we live on called?

• core

• mantle

• outer core

• crust

How many tectonic plates are there?

• 12

• 5

• 3

• 15

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What geological area of the Earth do most volcanoes occur?

• Mariana Trench

• Japan

• Ring of Fire

• Stone Henge

Scientists believe Earth was once a....

• fire ball

• meteor

• star

• super continent

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What is subduction?

• the continental plate slides under the oceanic plate

• when two plates collide

• when the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate

• when two plates slide by each other

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In subduction, why does the oceanic plate slip under a continental plate?

• the oceanic plate is always bigger

• the continental plate is heavier

• the oceanic plate breaks into pieces

• the oceanic plate is heavier than the continental plate

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Under water mountain separating North and South America from Africa and Europe..

• Nazca Plate

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Ring of Fire

• East African Rift Valley

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A mountain range that continues to grow..

• Himalayas

• Cascade Mountains

• Mariana Trench

• Mt. Rushmore

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Plates moving in the mantle is caused by...

• land slides

• the rock cycle

• convection currents

• flooding

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