Env Sci, Chapter 3, The Dynamic Earth, Review

The layer of the earth made of solid metal...

• inner core
• crust
• mantle
• outer core

The thin outer layer of the earth...

• core
• crust
• mantle

The cause of Earth's crust movement is...

• spinning of the earth
• convection currents in the mantle
• gravitational pull from the moon

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The earth's crust is thickest

• under the continents
• under the oceans

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Hydrothermal vents are hot sea water found at cracks in the...

• ocean floor
• atmosphere

The remains of once living organisms often preserved in sediment...

• strata
• fossils
• rock
• tectonic plates

Large irregular sections of the earth's crust which float on the mantle...

• strata
• fossils
• rock
• tectonic plates

A crack in the Earth's crust is called...

• a focus
• a fault
• the epicenter

The shaking of the earth's surface caused by sudden movement of tectonic plates usually along a transform fault boundary...

• earthquakes
• focus
• volcanoes
• mountain

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Fault Boundary