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Grade 9 Tectonics
What force ultimately drives plate motion in the theory of plate tectonics?
  1. the Sun's energy
  2. ridge-push
  3. slab-pull
  4. unequal distribution of heat within Earth
Grade 6 Tectonics
Which of the following instruments is used for measuring and recording the vibration of earthquakes?
  1. faults
  2. earthquakes
  3. epicenter
  4. seismograph
  5. volcano
  6. lava
Grade 7 Tectonics
Most of the world's major volcanic mountains are located at
  1. folded mountains.
  2. subduction zones.
  3. fault block mountains.
  4. divergent boundaries.
Grade 12 Tectonics
Subduction tends to form                .
  1. gyres.
  2. trenches.
  3. ridges.
  4. plates.
Grade 5 Tectonics
A break or place where pieces of Earth's crust move
  1. Conversation
  2. Fault
  3. Bedrock
  4. Plates
Grade 7 Tectonics
Most earthquakes occur
  1. in mountains.
  2. along major rivers.
  3. at plate boundaries.
  4. in the middle of tectonic plates.
Grade 7 Tectonics
Convergent plate movement is when
  1. two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  2. one tectonic plates slide past each other in the same direction.
  3. two tectonic plates slide past each other in opposite directions.
  4. two tectonic plates collide with each other.
Grade 5 Tectonics
What causes earthquakes?
  1. Earth's plates bump into each other.
  2. Magma breaks through Earth's crust.
  3. Violent shaking occurs in the ground.
  4. Rocks fall to the ground.
Grade 5 Tectonics
What is a tectonic plate?
  1. a dish made of rock
  2. a kind of mountain
  3. a moving piece of Earth's rocky crust
  4. a loose piece of Earth's inner core
Grade 6 Tectonics
The fact that South America and Africa were once joined is                          for Pangaea.
  1. rock layer evidence
  2. fossil evidence
  3. puzzle piece evidence
  4. mineral deposit evidence
Grade 8 Tectonics
New ocean crust is formed at
  1. divergent boundaries.
  2. convergent boundaries.
  3. continental volcanic arcs.
  4. transform fault boundaries.
Grade 6 Tectonics
Who devised the theory of continental drift?
  1. Alfred Nobel
  2. Albert Einstein
  3. Marie Curie
  4. Alfred Wegener
Grade 8 Tectonics
What is earthquake intensity?
  1. a measure of energy released
  2. a measure of seismic risk
  3. a measure of damage
  4. a measure of an earthquake's focus
Grade 7 Tectonics
Wegener's idea became known as which of the following?
  1. Kepler Law
  2. Big Bang Theory
  3. Continental Drift
Grade 6 Tectonics
This is the process by which new molten material, that lies under the ocean, rises up and pushes the existing plates aside, creating new oceanic crust as it moves.
  1. seafloor spreading
  2. ocean floor expansion
  3. continental crust spreading
  4. oceanic crust expansion
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