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Plate movement and plate boundaries are assesed in this quiz!
Questions and Answers
- 1.When plates move apart it's called.......
- A.
Divergent
- B.
Convergent
- C.
Transform
- D.
Subduction
- 2.When plates move towards each other it's called:
- A.
Divergent
- B.
Convergent
- C.
Transform
- 3.When plates slide past each other their called:
- A.
Divergent
- B.
Convergent
- C.
Transform
- 4.When new crust is added to the ocean floor, it's called
- A.
Subduction
- B.
Seafloor spreading
- C.
Trench
- D.
Convergence
- 5.What drives plate movement?
- A.
Plate boundaries
- B.
Ocean currents
- C.
Convection currents
- D.
The sun
- 6.Another word for a deep valley or crack in the earth is:
- A.
Seamount
- B.
Rift
- C.
Ridge
- 7.In convection currents, denser material will sink and less dense material will rise.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Where does the magma get its heat from in convection currents?
- A.
The crust
- B.
The mantle
- C.
The core
- 9.If oceanic crust and continental crust came towards each other, what would happen?
- A.
Mountains would form
- B.
The continental crust would subduct beneath the oceanic crust
- C.
The oceanic crust would subduct beneath the continental crust
- D.
The oceanic crust would rise above the continental crust
- 10.The soft layer of mantle on which the lithosphere rests is the:
- A.
Asthenosphere
- B.
Mesosphere
- C.
Outer core
- D.
Inner core
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