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| 8935711988 | divergent | At a __________ plate boundary new crust is created as two or more plates pull away from each other. |  | 0 |
| 8935711989 | Oceans | __________ can be created or grow wider where plates diverge or pull apart. | | 1 |
| 8935711990 | Mid-Ocean Ridge | The __________-__________ __________ is an example of a divergent boundary. |  | 2 |
| 8935711991 | rift | When a divergent boundary occurs on land a __________, or separation, will arise and over time, that mass of land will break between them. |  | 3 |
| 8935711992 | Great Rift Valley | The __________ __________ __________ is an example of a rift where land between two continents are being pulled apart. |  | 4 |
| 8935711993 | mountain | Convergent boundaries can form underwater __________ ranges. |  | 5 |
| 8935711994 | earthquakes | Divergent boundaries can cause shallow __________. |  | 6 |
| 8935711995 | seafloor | Divergent boundaries can create new __________. | | 7 |
| 8935711996 | wider | Divergent boundaries cause oceans to grow __________. |  | 8 |
| 8935711997 | oceanic | On our planet oceanic plates collide with other __________ plates. |  | 9 |
| 8935711998 | subduct | When oceanic plates collide, one of those plates will __________ (go beneath the other). | | 10 |
| 8935711999 | denser | When plates collide the plate that is __________ will subduct (go beneath the other). |  | 11 |
| 8935712000 | trench | When oceanic plates collide with continental plates a __________ will form between the two plates. |  | 12 |
| 8935712001 | mountains | When two continental plates collide large __________ will usually form. |  | 13 |
| 8935712002 | Himalayan | The __________ mountain range was formed from the collision of the Indian plate colliding into the Eurasian plate. |  | 14 |
| 8935712003 | oceanic, continental | A collision between an oceanic plate and a continental plate pushes the __________ plate into and under the __________ plate. |  | 15 |
| 8935712004 | subduction | When a collision between an oceanic plate and a continental plate pushes the oceanic plate into and under the continental plate __________ takes place. | | 16 |
| 8935712005 | transform | A __________ boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other. |  | 17 |
| 8935712006 | convergent | A __________ boundary occurs when two tectonic plates collide into each other. |  | 18 |
| 8935712007 | created, destroyed | At a transform boundary (fault) land is neither __________ or __________, only moved. |  | 19 |
| 8935712008 | transform | The San Andreas Fault in California is a __________ plate boundary. |  | 20 |
| 8935712009 | earthquakes | Transform boundaries (faults) cause __________. |  | 21 |
| 8935712010 | convergent plate boundaries | Areas where plates move toward each other and collide, causing uplift. | | 22 |
| 8935712011 | divergent plate boundaries | Areas where plates move away from each other, forming either mid oceanic ridges or rift valleys. | | 23 |
| 8935712012 | transform plate boundaries | Areas where two plates grind past each other resulting in faults such as the San Andreas Fault. Earthquakes often occur at fault lines. | | 24 |
| 8935712013 | subduction zone | A __________ __________ is a convergent boundary where an oceanic plate is pushed beneath a continental plate forming a trench. The oceanic crust melts resulting in the formation of volcanoes. | | 25 |
| 8935712014 | volcano | When oceanic crust melts it can result in the formation of a __________. | | 26 |
| 8935712015 | trench | A deep depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another. | | 27 |
| 8935712016 | rift valley | A large valley shaped area of the Earth in which plates of the Earth's crust are moving away from each other, forming a system of cracks and faults. | | 28 |
| 8935712017 | oceanic ridges | Underwater mountain ranges where the crust is spreading apart creating new ocean floor. | | 29 |
| 8935712018 | Ring of fire | An area where volcanoes are concentrated on the edges of continents, along island chains or beneath the sea forming long mountain ranges. More than half of the world's active volcanoes above sea level encircle the Pacific Ocean. |  | 30 |
| 8935712019 | convection currents | Movements within Earth's mantle that causes tectonic plates to collide, separate, or slide past each other are called __________ __________. |  | 31 |
| 8935712020 | convection currents | Large __________ __________ in the asthenosphere transfer heat to the surface, where plumes of less dense magma break apart the plates at the spreading centers, creating divergent plate boundaries. |  | 32 |
| 8935712021 | asthensophere | Large convection currents in the ____________________ transfer heat to the surface, where plumes of less dense magma break apart the plates at the spreading centers, creating divergent plate boundaries. | | 33 |
| 8935712022 | tectonic plates | What does this picture show? |  | 34 |
| 8935712023 | transform | Look at the picture "Plate Tectonic Features". What is number two? |  | 35 |
| 8935712024 | divergent | Look at the picture "Plate Tectonic Features". What is number three? | | 36 |
| 8935712025 | convergent | Look at the picture "Plate Tectonic Features". What is number four? | | 37 |
| 8935712026 | oceanic crust | Look at the picture "Plate Tectonic Features". What is number five? | | 38 |
| 8935712027 | lithosphere | Look at the picture "Plate Tectonic Features". What is number six? | | 39 |
| 8935712028 | magma | Look at the picture "Plate Tectonic Features". What is number seven? | | 40 |
| 8935712029 | asthenosphere | Look at the picture "Plate Tectonic Features". What is number eight? | | 41 |
| 8935712030 | subduction zone | Look at the picture "Plate Tectonic Features". What is number nine? | | 42 |
| 8935712031 | oceanic | Look at the picture "Plate Tectonic Features". What is number ten? | | 43 |
| 8935712032 | mid-ocean ridge | Which of these landforms would MOST likely be found at a divergent boundary? fault line mid-ocean ridge volcanic island mountain | 44 | |
| 8935712033 | Alfred Wegener | Which scientist is credited for first proposing Plate Tectonics Theory? Albert Einstein Alfred Wegener Abraham Ortelius Harry Hess | 45 | |
| 8935712034 | South America and Africa | Which two continents did Alfred Wegener think looked like they fit together like puzzle pieces? North America and South America Europe and Africa North America and Europe South America and Africa | 46 | |
| 8935712035 | mountain | Which of these landforms is MOST likely to be found at a convergent boundary? fault line mid-oceanic ridge mountain rift valley | 47 | |
| 8935712036 | convergent plate boundary | The Ring of Fire has formed a volcanic island chain in the Pacific Ocean. What has caused this to happen? convergent plate boundary divergent plate boundary transform plate boundary mantle hot spot | 48 | |
| 8935712037 | asthenosphere | Scientists believe that convection currents in the __________ is responsible for the movement of the plates that form the Earth's crust. asthenosphere lithosphere inner core outer core | 49 | |
| 8935712038 | where two plates are moving away from each other in opposite directions | The MOST recently formed crust of the Earth would be found... where plates moving sideways passed each other where one plate is going under another plate where two plates are pushing directly toward each other where two plates are moving away from each other in opposite directions | 50 | |
| 8935712039 | The Atlantic Ocean did not exist in earlier times. | Alfred Wegener noted that fossils from a particular type of reptile were found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Which of the following would be the BEST explanation of how this occurred? They swam across the ocean. The Atlantic Ocean did not exist in earlier times. They walked across a giant land bridge that has weathered away. They walked across an ice bridge located near the equator. | 51 | |
| 8935712040 | I | Where would the ocean floor be the oldest? I, II, III, or IV |  | 52 |
| 8935712041 | IV | Where would the youngest ocean floor be found? I, II, III, or IV | | 53 |
| 8935712042 | A | Which area on the terrain would show an area with a convergent plate boundary? A, B, C, or D | | 54 |
| 8935712043 | D | Which area on the terrain above would show an area with a divergent plate boundary? A, B, C, or D | | 55 |
| 8935712044 | oceanic | Which type of crust is denser, oceanic or continental? | 56 | |
| 8935712045 | inner core, outer core, mesosphere, asthenosphere, lithosphere | List the layers of the Earth in order from inside to outside. | 57 | |
| 8935712046 | asthenosphere | The upper mantle? | 58 | |
| 8935712047 | mesosphere | The lower mantle? | 59 | |
| 8935712048 | lithosphere | The crust and upper most part of the mantle? | 60 | |
| 8935712049 | core | Generates Earth's heat? | 61 | |
| 8935712050 | heat generated by the Earth's core | Causes convection currents in the mantle? | 62 | |
| 8935712051 | magma | Molten rock inside the Earth? | 63 | |
| 8935712052 | lava | Magma is called __________ once it spills out onto the Earth's surface. | 64 | |
| 8935712053 | convection | What do you call the process of hot rock rising, cooling, and then sinking? |  | 65 |
