Seafloor spreading is caused by...

• Volcanic Eruption

• Earthquakes

• Tectonic Plates Colliding

• Tectonic Plates Spreading Apart

What is a limitation of this model of the Layers of the Earth?

• Each layer should be the same color

• The inner core and outer core are in the wrong places

• The crust should be divided into two separate layers

• The layers are not the correct size and thickness

A "limitation" to model means something that is

• correct about the model

• wrong about the model

• might be right about the model

• not needed in a model

A rock that is formed through heat and pressure is a...

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• basaltic rock

The Himalayan mountains were created on a plate boundary between two different plates. Which of the following would explain the plate movements

• The two plates collided

• The two plates caused a subduction zone

• The two plates diverged

• The two plates created a transform boundary

Which of the following plate movements can create mountains?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• independent

Graham Crackers would be a good model for the crust/lithosphere because...

• The lithosphere is brown

• The lithosphere is solid and brittle

• The lithosphere is flexible

• The lithosphere is thick and soft

Volcanic eruption would most like result in...

• Formation of igneous rock

• Formation of sedimentary rock

• New elements created

• Loss of part of Earth's crust

When lava hardens and cools it creates...

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous rock

• Conglomerate rock

The theory that we are moving around on pieces of the Earth's crust is called...

• coastal erosion

• plate tectonics

• ocean currents

• glacial melting