Geosphere Test

Which of the following is NOT an interior zone of the earth?

• Asthenosphere
• Crust
• Mantle
• Core

Which of the following has the layers of the earth in the proper order from interior (center) to exterior  (surface)?

• crust, inner core, mantle, outer core
• inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
• mantle, outer core, crust, inner core

The majority of earthquakes and volcanoes occur

• in the interior of plates
• on oceanic islands.
• along the edge of plates.
• in the open ocean.

The theory of plate tectonics explains

• the occurrence of earthquakes.
• the occurrence of volcanoes.
• movement of Earth's plates.
• all of these answers.

A ___ is not one of the three types of boundaries between tectonic plates.

• transform fault
• mantle fault
• convergent plate boundary
• divergent plate boundary

Which of the following is false?  Tectonic plates

• produce mountains.
  
• are composed of crust and core.
  
• move on the mantle.
• produce ocean trenches.

Tectonic plates move apart in opposite directions at a(n)

• divergent plate boundary.
• transform fault.
• convergent plate boundary.
• subduction zone.

Tectonic plates move in parallel directions and slide along a fault at a(n)

• divergent plate boundary.
• transform fault.
• convergent plate boundary.
• subduction zone.

An earthquake is most directly caused by

• the creation of a fault (fracture in rock) or shifting along an existing fault.
• a change in ocean currents.
• dumping of toxic wastes.
• comets crashing into Earth.

The strength of an earthquake is measured on the ____ scale.

• Richter
• Miller
• Mercalli
  
• Geiger