Common Assessment #1

What do the plates of the lithosphere float on?

• upper mantle
• crust
• outer core
• asthenosphere

Where can the results of plate motion be seen?

• anywhere
• in the middle of plates
• At plate boundaries
• in the atmosphere

What is the focus of an earthquake?

• Where the energy first reaches the surface
• Where the energy is first released during an earthquake
• Where the energy travels to
• Where the energy is contained

What is weathering?

• When new rock is created
• The movement of rock
• Getting old
• Breaking down rock into smaller pieces.

What layers of Earth make up the lithosphere?

• outer core and inner core
• crust and upper mantle
• crust and mantle
• crust only

What occurs at an oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundary?

• Old crust is recycled by subduction, volcanic islands form.
• tsunamis
• Very tall mountains form
• Subduction occurs, volcanoes for at the edge of continents.

Where do earthquakes most frequently occur?

• anywhere
• at divergent boundaries
• along plate boundaries
• at convergent boundaries

What influences the rate of weather?

• Warm and wet climate
• Wind, water, ice, or gravity
• Erosion
• Type of weathering

Name the layers of the geosphere?Crust, Mantle, Interior LayerCrust, Mantle, 

• Crust, Mantle, Stratosphere, inner, and outer core
• Crust, Mantle, Interior Layer
• Hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere
• Crust, mantle, inner, and outer core

What do continental-continental plate collisions produce?

• Deep Sea trenches
• Island arcs
• Ocean ridges
• Mountains