Plate Tectonics & Continental Drift 2025

The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other is (a)

• Transform boundary
• Divergent boundary
• Convergent Boundary

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The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally

• Divergent boundary
• Transform boundary

The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding is called

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary

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Which option correctly matches the letters with the boundaries they are describing?

• A. Divergent B. Convergent C. Transform
• A. Divergent B. Transform C. Convergent

What kind of stress is found at a DIVERGENT boundary?

• compression
• tension
• shear

Most geologist think that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is caused by

• Convection currents in the asthenosphere
• Earth's magnetic field

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Which feature is formed by a convergent boundary. Choose 2

• Trench
• Mountain Range
• Ridges

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The super continent that formed 300 million years ago and began to break apart 220 million years ago is called

• Pangaea
• Asthenosphere

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Fossils of the Mesosaurus (small dinosaurs) were found on the continents of South America and Africa within the same layers of rock. This provides evidence that the two continents were once:

• joined together as one landmass
• separated by a much larger ocean.

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What is another word for lithosphere?

• Tectonic plate
• Pangaea

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