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Grade 8 Tectonics
The dozen or so plates that make up the surface of Earth.
  1. Tectonic
  2. Silicates
  3. Shale
Grade 8 Tectonics
What evidence is there for continental drift?
  1. similar fossils found on different continents
  2. similar rock structures found on different continents
  3. both of the above
  4. none of the above
Grade 8 Tectonics
What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates grind past each other without producing lithosphere?
  1. Convergent boundary
  2. Divergent boundary
  3. Transform fault boundary
  4. Seafloor spreading boundary
Grade 8 Tectonics
These are formed when two continental plates collide.
  1. Volcanoes
  2. Strike-slip faults
  3. Mountain ranges
  4. Rift valleys
Grade 8 Tectonics
Volcanic island arcs are associated with what type of plate boundary?
  1. divergent boundary
  2. convergent boundary
  3. transform boundary
Grade 8 Tectonics
What are faults?
  1. Breaks in Earth's crust
  2. Convection currents
  3. Radiation from Earth's core
Grade 8 Tectonics
What happens in the mantle that causes the plates to move?
  1. Subduction
  2. Convection Currents
  3. Conduction Currents
Grade 8 Tectonics
Which type of seismic wave would cause the most damage?
  1. Primary Wave
  2. Secondary Wave
  3. Surface Wave
  4. Intermediate Wave
Grade 8 Tectonics
The boundary between two plates moving together is called
  1. a divergent boundary.
  2. a convergent boundary.
  3. a transform boundary.
  4. the lithosphere.
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