Unit 4-Earth's Layers

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform

The type of plate boundary where two plates move apart

• Divergent
• Transform
• Convergent

The type of plate boundary where two plates move horizontally past each other

• Transform
• Divergent
• Convergent

Earth’s three compositional layers are _____

• Crust, mantle, core
• Lithosphere, mantle, inner core
• Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere
• Crust, lithosphere, outer core

Which statement about Earth’s layers is FALSE?

• The outer core is solid while the inner core is liquid
• The asthenosphere is between the lithosphere and the mesosphere
• The lithosphere is made of the crust and the outer part of the mantle
• The mesosphere is outside of the inner core and the outer core

The process by which rocks change shape due to stress is called

• Deformation
• Formation
• Deforestation
• Deshapation

The type of fault where the fault blocks move past each other horizontally

• Strike-slip fault
• Normal fault
• Reverse fault

The type of stress at a strike-slip fault

• Sheer stress
• Tension
• Compression

The type of stress at a normal fault

• Tension
• Sheer stress
• Compression

The type of stress at a reverse fault

• Compression
• Sheer stress
• Tension