Quizizz #1 - TEST REVIEW - Earth's Layers and Tectonic Plates

TEST REVIEW - Earth's Layers and Tectonic Plates

NOTES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THIS QUIZIZZ.

PLEASE REFER TO THE NOTES WHEN NECESSARY.​

Multiple Choice

What are earth's three compositional layers?

• Core, Mantle, and surface

• Core, mantle, and crust

• Inner core, outer core, and mantle

• Upper mantle, lower mantle, and crust

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are the mechanical layers?

• crust, mantle, core

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, and inner core

Multiple Choice

Which model of the earth is pictured here: mechanical or compositional?

• mechanical

• compositional

Multiple Choice

The layer of Earth that is found directly below the lithosphere is called the -

• asthenosphere.

• inner core.

• outer core.

• crust.

Multiple Choice

The lithosphere is subdivided into:

• tectonic plates

• continents

• islands

Multiple Choice

The _____________ is broken in many large and small tectonic plates.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Multiple Choice

The densest layer of the Earth is the __________.

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

Multiple Choice

The crust is composed mostly of ________.

**REFER TO SLIDE 5**

• silicates

• iron

• nickel

• magnesium and iron-rich materials

Multiple Choice

As you travel towards the inner core, the temperature and pressure ________________.

• Decreases

• Increases

Multiple Choice

What layer is the hottest?

• Inner Core

• Crust

• Mantle

Multiple Choice

What is magma?

• molten rock

• type of sedimentary rock

Multiple Choice

Magma (molten rock) can be found in the __________________.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

Multiple Choice

Where do convection currents occur?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

Multiple Choice

Which of the following cycle heat throughout the earth's mantle, and provide the energy necessary to move the tectonic plates?

• Convection currents

• Core currents

Multiple Choice

What are tectonic plates?

• Pieces of the Earth's crust

• Pieces of the Earth's inner and outer core

Multiple Choice

Identify the name of the continent at location 1:

• South America

• Africa

• Australia

• North America

Multiple Choice

Identify the name of the continent at location 2:

• South America

• Africa

• Australia

• North America

Multiple Choice

Identify the name of the continent at location 3:

• Asia

• Europe

• Australia

• North America

Multiple Choice

Identify the name of the continent at location 4:

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

• North America

Multiple Choice

Identify the name of the continent at location 5:

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

• North America

Multiple Choice

Identify the name of the continent at location 6:

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

• Australia

Multiple Choice

Identify the name of the continent at location 7:

• Asia

• Antarctica

• Africa

• Australia

Multiple Choice

Identify the name of tectonic plate at location 1:

• North American Plate

• South American Plate

• Australian Plate

• African Plate

Multiple Choice

Identify the name of tectonic plate at location 2:

• North American Plate

• South American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• African Plate

Multiple Choice

Identify the name of tectonic plate at location 3:

• North American Plate

• South American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• African Plate

Multiple Choice

Identify the name of tectonic plate at location 4:

• North American Plate

• South American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• African Plate

Multiple Choice

Identify the name of tectonic plate at location 5:

• Australian Plate

• South American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• African Plate

Multiple Choice

Identify the name of tectonic plate at location 6:

• African Plate

• South American Plate

• North American Plate

• Pacific Plate

Multiple Choice

Identify the name of tectonic plate at location 7:

• African Plate

• Antarctic Plate

• North American Plate

• Pacific Plate

Multiple Choice

The tectonic plate labeled with the letter G is the ___________ plate.

• Indo-Australian

• African

• Pacific

• South American

Multiple Choice

An illustration of the major tectonic plates is provided. Which of the labeled plates in the illustration is the Eurasian Plate?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

What is this a picture of?

hint: supercontinent

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• pangea

• glacier scaring

Multiple Choice

What is Pangaea?

• The name of a German Scientist

• the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

• another name for continental drift

• the name of an ancient fossil

Multiple Choice

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

Multiple Choice

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

Multiple Choice

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

Multiple Choice

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• seafloor spreading

• mountain range

• earthquakes

Multiple Choice

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a DIVERGENT boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

look at the visual

• 1. MOUNTAIN RANGE

  2. ISLAND ARC

• 1. RIFT VALLEY

  2. MID-OCEAN RIDGE

Multiple Choice

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• rift valley

• mountain ranges

Multiple Choice

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• mid-ocean ridge

• volcanoes