Plate Techtonics anticipation quiz

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Plate techtonics

• Name of a rock band

• Movement of contintents

• Explanation for why earth is round

• Caused by the earth's rotation

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Crust of the earth

• The crust is primarily composed of gases.
• The crust of the Earth is a liquid layer.
• The crust is the innermost layer of the Earth.
• The crust of the Earth is the outermost solid layer.

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mantle of the earth

• The mantle is the outermost layer of the Earth.
• The mantle is a liquid layer above the Earth's crust.
• The mantle is the core of the Earth.
• The mantle is the layer between the Earth's crust and outer core.

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Core of the earth

• What's left after eating an apple

• Center of the earth, solid rock of iron & nickel

• Thick middle layer of mostly solid rock made of iron & nickel

• Iron and nickel, with a solid inner core and liquid outer core.

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What is a way a trench CAN NOT be created?

• Erosion from rivers

• Techtonic plate movement

• Prairie dogs digging

• Human digging

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earthquake

• A type of geological formation that creates mountains.
• A phenomenon related to weather patterns and storms.
• A sudden shaking of the ground caused by tectonic plate movement.
• A natural disaster caused by volcanic eruptions.

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Sedimentary rock

• Rocks created when magma cools, 1 mineral type

• Rock created from layers of minerals

• Rock created under ground through heat and pressure

• Rock created in space and coming through earth's atmosphere

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Volcanic

• Related to or produced by a volcano.
• Associated with weather patterns.
• Caused by human activity.

• Related to ocean currents.

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Which is NOT a definition of fault in geology?

• Location where 2 continental plates are moving toward each other

• Fracture in the rock

• Location where rivers are forming

• Location where 2 continental plates are moving away from each other