Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics

Question 1

A divergent boundary occurs where two plates

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move away from each other.

Question 2

A geologic feature of divergent plate boundaries in oceanic crust is the formation of

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rift valleys.

Question 3

What occurs when two pieces of land change their vertical relationship to each other?

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Dip-slip

Question 4

The Pacific Plate and the North American Plate form a convergent boundary in the northern Pacific Ocean. What most likely happens at this convergent boundary?

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The plates move together and volcanoes form.

Question 5

About 80 percent of Earth’s volume is made up of

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mantle.

Question 6

Which best describes the Earth’s inner core?

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hot and solid

Question 7

The continental crust is deepest beneath

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mountains.

Question 8

Earth’s crust is the same density and thickness throughout.

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F

Question 9

Earth’s inner core is __________.

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hot and solid

Question 10

Plate movement may be caused by convection currents in the

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lithosphere

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