Layers of the Earth and Energy

The Ring of Fire generally has these landforms in common.

• deep sea trenches, rift valleys, tornadoes

• volcanoes, thunderstorms, earthtquakes

• rift valleys, whirlpools, tsunamis

• volcanoes, rift valleys, deep sea trenches

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When hotter material rises and cooler material sinks, this process is called:

• trenches

• convection

• boundary

• tectonic plates

What is layer A representing?

• continental crust

• oceanic crust

• trenches

• mantle

• convection currents

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The main driving force of plate tectonic energy comes from the:

• crust

• trenches

• mantle

• atmosphere

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Which natural feature/event could form at a plate boundary? Check all that apply.

• fossils

• mountains

• earthquakes

• oceans

• rift valleys

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What process is layer B representing?

• crust

• continental crust

• oceanic crust

• convection currents

• mantle

The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge is called sea-floor spreading.

• true

• false

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The theory that continents are slowly moving over Earth's surface is called

• the theory of Pangaea

• the theory of convection

• the theory of plate movement

• the theory of continental drift

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Divergent plates underneath the ocean have caused the mid-ocean ridge to form.

• true

• false

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What is layer C representing?

• crust

• continental crust

• oceanic crust

• trenches

• mantle

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