Tectonic Plate Theory

What is the theory of plate tectonics?

• The theory that describes how Earth's outer layers is broken up into moving tectonic plates

• Tectonic plates stay in one place

• All of the continents were once apart of a Super Continent called Panthalassa

• All of the plates were once a solid plate until they broke up and moved to their current position

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Which below is a possible cause of tectonic plate motion?

• ocean tides

• the sun

• convection currents

• current weather patterns

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When tectonic plates move away from each other, this boundary is:

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

• none of the above

When a continental plate collides with another continental plate what type of land form will be created?

• mid ocean ridges

• mountain ranges

• islands

• deep see trenches

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What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Tectonic plates

• Puzzles

• Earthquakes

Match the following

• D

• Pacific plate

• I

• North American plate

• B

• Indo Australian plate

• J

• Eurasian plate

• L

• African plate

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Scientists recently discovered that rocks collected from the Franklin Mountains in West Texas and rocks collected from mountains in eastern Antarctica were exactly the same age. Further research showed that the rocks were chemically and geologically the same and came from the same magma source. This discovery provides evidence of ​ (a)  

• plate tectonics

• ocean currents

Answer explanation

The discovery of rocks from different locations being the same age and composition supports the theory of plate tectonics, which explains how continents and geological features are connected and can share similar geological histories.

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When oceanic plate and continental plate collide, what type of land form will be created?

• mid ocean ridges

• ocean trenches

• islands

• earthquakes

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When tectonic plates move away from each other, what type of land form will be created?

• islands

• mid ocean ridges

• ocean trenches

• all of the above

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What type of phenomena/event is created at a transform boundary?

• Hurricanes

• Tornados

• Earthquakes

• Volcanic Eruption

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