Inv 1. Lesson 2 and 3 - Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics

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P-waves can travel through​

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and s-waves can travel through​

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solids and liquids

solids only

gases only

liquids only

Multiple Select

Select all that determines the density of a substance.

• chemical composition

  
  

• temperature

• pressure

  
  

• quantity

Multiple Choice

Earth's physical layers are determined by what?

• color banding and size

• density and pressure

• gravity and no gravity

• metals or non metals

Multiple Choice

What happens to pressure, density, and temperature as you get closer to Earth's core?

• they all increase

• they all decrease

• only pressure increases

Categorize

Options (4)

Crust

Mantle

Inner Core

Outer Core

Which layers are made of rock and which are made of metal?

Rock

Metal

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order of the layers of the Earth starting from the outside to the center of the Earth?

• crust (lithosphere), core (outer core, inner core) mantle (asthenosphere, mesosphere)

• mantle (asthenosphere, mesosphere), crust (lithosphere), core (outer core, inner core)

• crust (lithosphere), mantle (asthenosphere, mesosphere), core (outer core, inner core)

• core (outer core, inner core), mantle (asthenosphere, mesosphere), crust (lithosphere)

Multiple Choice

What causes the plates to move?

• Pressure

• Convection Currents

• Time

• Heat

Multiple Choice

In which layer of Earth does convection occur?

• Asthenosphere

• Oceanic crust

• Lithosphere

• Inner core

Match

What type of process occurs at each layer of the earth?

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Crust

Conduction Only

Conduction and Convection

Primarily Convection

Radiation and Conduction (Advection)

• Conduction Only

• Conduction and Convection

• Primarily Convection

• Radiation and Conduction (Advection)

Multiple Choice

What layer of the earth gives off a magnetic charge?

• Inner core

• Outer core

• Crust

• Mantle

Multiple Choice

Explain how the Outer core is different than the Inner core?

• The outer core is smaller than the inner core

• The outer core is hotter than the inner core

• The outer core is liquid and the inner core is solid

Multiple Choice

Which layer is made of "flowing" solid rock (think clay or pudding)?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

Multiple Choice

What happens at a convergent boundary?

• plates pull apart

• plates collide

• plates slide past each other

Drag and Drop

Upwelling occurs at ​

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areas of the mantle where downwelling occurs at​

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regions. This heat transfer process is called

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resulting in the movement of the Earth's ​

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hot

cooler

convection

crust

core

conduction

radiation

Multiple Choice

What geologic feature will occur at a hot spot ?

• volcano

• folded mountain

• deep sea trench

• crevasse

Dropdown

Heat is lost from the Earth as ​

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is emitted from the lithosphere into​

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Multiple Choice

A place where 2 tectonic plates meet

• Continental drift

• Plate boundaries

• inner core

• outer core

Multiple Choice

What are the two kinds of crust?

• lithospheric and asthenospheric
• silicon based and iron based
• continental and oceanic
• outer and inner

Open Ended

List three plates that are colliding.

Open Ended

List three plates that are moving the fastest.

Multiple Choice

Oceanic crust is...

• thinner, denser, younger

• thinner, less dense, older

• thicker, denser, younger

• thicker, less dense, older

Multiple Choice

Which of the following supports the theory of seafloor spreading?

• Correlation of rock layers

• Crustal slab pull

• Magnetic reversals recorded in rocks

• Continuous mountain chains

Multiple Choice

The magnetic pattern of ocean-floor rocks on one side of an ocean ridge is_____________.

• a mirror image of that on the other side

• younger than other side

• much different pattern

• at right angles to the ridge

Multiple Choice

The name of the supercontinent that included all of the landmasses on Earth that existed 200 million years ago.

• Pangaea

• plate boundaries

• Volcano

• Earthquake

Multiple Choice

What happens at a convergent boundary?

• plates pull apart

• plates collide

• plates slide past each other

Open Ended

What type of features would you expect to find at convergent boundaries?

Multiple Choice

What happens at a divergent boundary?

• plate pull apart

• plate collide

• plate slide past each other

Multiple Choice

Crustal plates that pull apart from one another likely form

• volcanic island arcs

• strike-slip faults

• oceanic trenches

• rift zones

Multiple Choice

What happens at a transform boundary?

• plates pull apart

• plates collide

• plates slide past each other

Multiple Choice

In a region where two continental plates collide, what geological features MOST often forms?

• an ocean

• a volcano

• a river valley

• a mountain range

Multiple Choice

Which crust is thicker

• oceanic

• continental

• bread

• pizza

Multiple Choice

What happens where an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate?

• The denser oceanic plate slides on top of the less dense continental plate.

• The denser oceanic plate slides under the less dense continental plate.

• The less dense oceanic plate slides past the denser continental plate.

• The less dense oceanic plate slides under the denser continental plate.

Multiple Choice

What formations happen at ocean to ocean subduction zones?

• Deep oceanic trenches

• Mountain Ranges

• Coastal Volcanic Mountains

• Both mountains and volcanoes

Multiple Choice

At which boundary is crust DESTROYED (when melting in the mantle!)?

• Continent- continent Convergent

• Transform boundaries

• Subduction zones

• All convergent boundaries

Multiple Choice

At which plate boundaries does a SUBDUCTION zone occur?

• Continent to continent convergent boundary

• Ocean- continent convergent boundary

• ocean- ocean convergent boundary

• Both Ocean-Ocean and Ocean- Cont. Boundaries

• Both Ocean- Cont. and Cont- cont. Boundaries

Multiple Choice

Which of these plate boundaries are most likely to form a volcano?

• a continental plate colliding with a continental plate

• an oceanic plate sliding past a continental plate

• a continental plate sliding past a continental plate

• an oceanic plate colliding into a continental plate

Reorder

Place the process of mineral deposit formation that occur at midocean ridges and subduction zones in the correct order.

• Water sinks into the crust.

• Water is heated by magma.

• The minerals dissolve.

• The water rises to the surface and cools.

• The minerals precipitate out of the water.

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