Generation Genius Plate Tectonics

During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...

• along the continents

• at the mid ocean ridges

• deep ocean trenches

• at north and south poles

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Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine zone

• divergence zone

• subduction zone

• lower zone

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Subduction

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

• the rotation of the Earth.

• convection currents in the Asthenosphere

• the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

• the Moho discontinuity.

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Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______

• convection.

• continental drift.

• subduction.

• conduction.

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In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

• along the edges of all the continents.

• along mid-ocean ridges.

• in deep-ocean trenches.

• at the north and south poles.

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Rock at an equal distance to a mid-ocean ridge will have similar ____________, which is evidence of seafloor spreading.

• age and magnetic polarity.

• temperature and thickness

• crystal size and cooling rate

• distance and ocean depth

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Process by which a more dense plate is forced underneath another when they collide. (Produces a trench, volcanoes, deep/thrust earthquakes, and tsunamis.)

• Seafloor Spreading

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Divergence

• Subduction

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In the middle of this diagram, the mantle convection will form a

• volcanic island arc

• mid-ocean ridge

• trench

• tsunami

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The theory that the continents have not always been in their present locations but have moved there over millions of years

• Continental Drift Theory

• Plate Tectonics

• Alfred Wegener

• Lystrasaurus

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