Continental Drift

Question 1

Which statement explains how convection currents affect the movement of plates?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Heat from Earth’s interior causes currents of hot rising magma and cooler sinking magma to flow, moving the crust along with them.

Question 2

Use the drop-down menus to identify the labeled plates. Label A Label B Label C

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Selection 1: South American Plate; Selection 2: African Plate; Selection 3: Indo-Australian Plate

Question 3

Question 5

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Eurasian

Question 4

Use the drop-down menus to identify the types of convergent boundaries. Label A Label B Label C

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Selection 1: oceanic-oceanic; Selection 2: oceanic-continental; Selection 3: continental-continental

Question 5

Question 7

Revolt · Accepted Answer

convergent boundary

Question 6

Which landforms might you see at a divergent plate boundary? Check all that apply.mid-ocean ridgemountain rangerift valleyvolcanoisland

Revolt · Accepted Answer

mid-ocean ridge; rift valley

Question 7

The photo shows the San Andreas fault zone. This is a fault formed at a transform boundary.What would you expect to find along this fault?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

earthquakes

Question 8

Question 10

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oceanic-continental

Question 9

Question 11

Revolt · Accepted Answer

continental-continental

Continental Drift Answers