Plate tectonics

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What are the large movingpieces of the Earth's crust…15ATectonic pl…BFaultsCMantlesDCores

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  1. 1. What are the large moving pieces of the Earth's crust called?
    • Correct answer: Tectonic plates
    • Faults
    • Mantles
    • Cores
  2. 2. At which kind of boundary do plates move apart?
    • Correct answer: Constructive
    • Destructive
    • Conservative
    • Collision
  3. 3. Oceanic crust meets continental crust at a destructive boundary. What happens?
    • Correct answer: The oceanic plate sinks under the continental one
    • Both plates rise into the air
    • The continental plate sinks
    • The plates stop moving
  4. 4. The San Andreas Fault in California is which kind of boundary?
    • Correct answer: Conservative
    • Constructive
    • Destructive
    • Collision
  5. 5. Which instrument measures earthquakes?
    • Correct answer: Seismometer
    • Barometer
    • Thermometer
    • Anemometer
  6. 6. How did the Himalayas form?
    • Correct answer: Two continental plates collided
    • Two plates moved apart
    • Two plates slid past each other
    • A volcano erupted
  7. 7. What moves the plates?
    • Correct answer: Heat from inside the Earth, through currents in the mantle
    • The tides
    • The wind
    • The Moon's gravity

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