Plate Tectonic Quiz

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A boundary where 2 plates are sliding past each other is a __________ boundary

Transform

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How many million years ago did the continents come together to form Pangea?

250 million

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A boundary where 2 plates are moving away from each other is a __________ boundary

Divergent

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Name the 3 types of plate boundaries

Convergent, Divergent, Transform

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What is the main theory behind plate tectonics

All crust is on plates that are moving

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What forms at subsection boundary?

Volcanoes

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Where do transform boundaries have to be formed

Ocean-Ocean, Ocean-Crust, Crust-Crust

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What forms at a collision boundary?

Mountains

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What happens at a divergent boundary?

The plates move apart

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How does mantle convection work?

The heat goes up and then cools down and goes towards the outer core

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What state of matter of the Asthenosphere allows the crust to help allow plate tectonics to move?

Plastic

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Explain what a hotspot is

It is a spot where magma rises in the crust

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What land features happen at a divergent boundary

Rift valleys, mountain ridges, volcanoes and earthquakes

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At a boundary which rock would be older if there are five layers away from the mid ocean ridge

The farthest one

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What land features happen at a subduction convergent boundary

Volcanoes, trenches, earthquakes