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Grade 5 Tectonics
Grade 12 Earth's Layers
Grade 10 Tectonics
Where are most divergent boundaries found?
  1. on the seafloor
  2. on the continents
  3. along coastlines
  4. at subduction zones
Grade 7 Tectonics
The diagram below models which process?
Subduction Zone
  1. weathering
  2. subduction
  3. continental drift
  4. seafloor spreading
Grade 7 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is the process that continually adds new material to the ocean floor called?
  1. continental drift
  2. subduction
  3. seafloor spreading
  4. earthquakes
Grade 7 Oceanography and Hydrology
The movement of the ocean floor on either side of a mid-ocean ridge is best known as
  1. rifting.
  2. glaciation.
  3. ocean-floor spreading.
  4. subduction.
Grade 7 Oceanography and Hydrology
The movement of the ocean floor on either side of a mid-ocean ridge is best known as
  1. rifting.
  2. glaciation.
  3. ocean-floor spreading.
  4. subduction.
Grade 8 Tectonics
Grade 7 Oceanography and Hydrology
Grade 12 Tectonics
In comparison to earthquakes at subduction zones, earthquakes at divergent boundaries tend to be                            .
  1. shallower and less intense.
  2. deeper and less intense.
  3. deeper and more intense.
  4. shallower and more intense.
Grade 7 Tectonics
Which often forms when two continental plates collide?
  1. a subduction zone
  2. a mountain range
  3. a rift valley
Grade 8 Historical Geology
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
A stream of water that flows deep beneath the ocean's surface
  1. subduction
  2. ocean ridge
  3. deep ocean current
  4. upwelling
Grade 7 Geography
Volcanoes are primarily created in                 
  1. subduction zones
  2. convergent zones
  3. divergent zones
  4. deltas
Grade 9 Tectonics
A place on a fault that is likely to be the site of a future earthquake is called a
  1. boundary.
  2. seismic gap.
  3. lithospheric plate.
  4. subduction zone.
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