Quiz about NCFE Review #2 Lithosphere Part II: Plate Tectonics, Earth's Int

Question 1

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?

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crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

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crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

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mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

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outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

Question 2

Which layer of Earth is the thinnest?

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crust

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mantle

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outer core

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inner core

Question 3

Part of mantle where lithosphere floats

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Asthenosphere

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Crust

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Core

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Atmosphere

Question 4

One large landmass

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Pangea

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North America

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South America

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PanAmerica

Question 5

Heat transfers within the Earth

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Convection Current

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Conduction

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Ocean Current

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Radiation

Question 6

Addition of new sea floor

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Sea Floor Spreading

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Subduction

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Sea Floor subduction

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Convergent

Question 7

To make new crust, ____ is pushed up from the mantle.

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Magma

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Lava

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Iron

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Nickel

Question 8

Plates sliding past each other in opposite directions

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Transform

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Convergent

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Divergent

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Subduction

Question 9

Geologists study the inside of the Earth by using____

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seismic waves

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sound waves

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light waves

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EM waves

Question 10

Name the boundary

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convergent boundary

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divergent boundary

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transform boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 11

A subduction zone is formed...

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when one tectonic plate sinks below another

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at every type of convergent plate boundary

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at every type of divergent plate boundary

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at transform boundaries

Question 12

What are mid-ocean ridges?

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A chain of underwater mountains

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A chain of underwater waterfalls

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A chain of underwater volcanos

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A chain of underwater rocks

Question 13

A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a

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mountain range

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mid ocean ridge

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deep ocean trench

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rift valley

Question 14

The image shows the Mid Atlantic Ridge. Which type of boundary occurs at this ridge where the ocean floor is spreading apart?

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divergent

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convergent

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transform fault

Question 15

If the focus of an earthquake occurs beneath the sea floor, as the seismic waves travel through the ocean, they create a massive and destructive

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tsunami

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epicenter

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focus

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mountain

Question 16

Once magma reaches the earth's surface it is called.....

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lava

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Silica

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Rock

Question 17

Volcanoes can be found...

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all of the above

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on land

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under water

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on islands

Question 18

An area where magma melts through the crust in the middle of a plate is called a  ________.

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hot spot

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island arc

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geyser

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pipe

Question 19

Point A is where the earthquake actually occurred, what is it called?

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Focus

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Epicenter

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Fault

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Seismic Station

Question 20

What process is occurring at Z?

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Subduction

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Convection currents

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Two plates moving apart

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New ocean floor forming

Question 21

The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________.

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plates

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crust

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directions

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seismos

Question 22

Stress that squeezes together

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Compression

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Tension

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Shearing

Question 23

Where 2 plates are moving apart

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Divergent Boundary

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Convergent Boundary

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Transform Boundary

Question 24

Earth's interior consists of 3 major zones. Which zone makes up over 80% of Earth's interior?

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mantle

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crust

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core

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lithosphere

Question 25

What is a break in the Earth's crust?

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Fault

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Focus

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Fold

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Mineral

Question 26

What is a fault where rocks pull apart from TENSION, that can form Fault Block Mountains?

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Normal Fault

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Reverse Fault

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Strike Slip Fault

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Orbell Fault

Question 27

What is a fault where rock squeezes together from COMPRESSION?

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Reverse Fault

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Normal Fault

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Strike Slip Fault

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Bekken Fault

Question 28

What is a fault where rock squeezes together from COMPRESSION?

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Reverse Fault

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Normal Fault

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Strike Slip Fault

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Bekken Fault

Question 29

Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?

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Tectonic plates on the crust move.

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The mantle increases in size.

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Pressure in the crust increases.

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Pressure in the crust decreases.

Question 30

Ocean-to-ocean and subduction are two types of which boundary?

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convergent

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divergent

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transform

Question 31

This boundary moves away from another boundary.

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divergent

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convergent

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transform

Question 32

Which kind of plate boundary is this?

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divergent boundary

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transform boundary

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convergent boundary (ocean to continent)

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convergent boundary (continent to continent)

Question 33

Matching ________ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.

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rock structures

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weather systems

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river systems

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wind systems

Question 34

The presence of the same ________ on several continents supports the idea of continental drift.

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both fossils and rocks

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rocks

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fossils

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neither fossils nor rocks

Question 35

What are the two types of crust?

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continental and oceanic

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ocean and basin

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lower and upper

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thick and thin

Question 36

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were both created by this type of plate boundary.

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divergent

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convergent

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transform

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subduction

Question 37

Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

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at plate boundaries

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in oceans

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in the middle of continents

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in the middle of plates

Question 38

Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?

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earthquakes

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volcanoes

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deep sea trenches

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underwater mountain ranges

Question 39

According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,

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the continents were once joined together in a single landmass

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Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses

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the continents DO NOT move

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Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking

Question 40

What is Pangaea?

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the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago

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the name of a German scientist

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another name for continental drift

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the name of an ancient fossil

Question 41

Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because...

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Wegener could not identify the force that moved the continents

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it did not agree with their current theory

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Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago

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Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis

Question 42

Which was NOT evidence of Wegener?

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Seafloor spreading

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fossils

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puzzle piece

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glacier evidence

Question 43

Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

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Alfred Wegener

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Harry Hess

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Galileo

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Newton

NCFE Review #2 Lithosphere Part II: Plate Tectonics, Earth's Int

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