Earth's Processes Test

Where does sea-floor spreading take place?

• Convergent Boundaries
• Transform Boundaries
• Land Boundaries
• Mid-Oceanic Ridges

The hypothesis that land masses spread apart from each other and have done so in the past is known as

• Divergent Plate Boundary 
• Tension
• Uplift
• Continental drift

Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?

• outer core
• inner core
• asthenosphere
• lithosphere

The four layers that make-up the earth’s composition are

• Crust, Lithosphere, Mesosphere, and Core
• Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mantle, and Core
• Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core
• Mantle, Outer Core, Lithosphere, and Crust

Hawaii was formed by...?

• Earthquakes
• Erosion
• Volcanoes
• Dunes

The Grand Canyon is an example of:

• Weathering
• Dunes
• Deltas
• Erosion

What is a tsunami?

• a long high sea wave
• a moving of the earth
• magma flowing from inside the earth
• a column of rotating air

A tsunami is caused by______

• lots of rain
• a meteorite 
• a tornado
• an earthquake

What layer is the hottest?

• Core
• Crust
• Mantle

What are the two types of crust?

• top crust,bottom crust
• oceanic crust, continental crust
• water,land
• none of the above