Plate Tectonics Test Review

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Plate Tectonics Test Review
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What is the name of the SUPERCONTINENT that was
once one land mass?
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Pangaea
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Wegener proposed a THEORY about the continents.
He said they have been moving around for millions
of years.What did he call this THEORY?
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The theory of Continental Drift
Untold tragedies of Continental Drift. .
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Name the 3 types of heat transfer.Here are some
hints
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Types of Heat Transfer
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What is the boundary called where 2 plates pull
away from each other or divide?
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Divergent Boundary
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What is the boundary called where 2 plates crash
or crunch into each other?
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Convergent Boundary
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The stress that presses rock at convergent
boundaries is ____.A. tensionB. compressionC.
shearing
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Compression
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What are 2 geologic features that may occur at
divergent boundaries?
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Rift Valley
Seafloor Spreading creates new ocean floor
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True or False?Shearing is the stress that
stretches rock thin at divergent boundaries.
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FALSE!Tension stretches rock thin at divergent
boundaries.
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True or False?

• Shearing stresses rock so much that it breaks
  at strike slip faults?

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TRUE!
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What geologic event could occur at a transform
boundary?
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Earthquakes!
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Geologists learn about the interior of Earth by
studying ___.

• Land formations
• Seismic waves
• Weather patterns

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Seismic Waves
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What process is shown below?
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Subduction zoneWhere a dense plate dives under
a less dense plate.Rock can be recycled as it
melts back into magma.Volcanoes may erupt here.
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What causes the mantle rock to flow very slowly?
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Convection Currents
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Look at this diagram. I have some questions for
you