Quiz about Plate Tectonics

Question 1

What causes tectonic plates to move along the Earth's surface?

Accepted Answer

convection in the mantle

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wind

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ocean currents

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expansion of the Earth

Question 2

What type of boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other?

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divergent

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transform

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subduction

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convergent

Question 3

What forms at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates?

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mid-ocean ridge

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rift valley

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mountain

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trench

Question 4

Which type of crust is more dense?

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oceanic

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continental

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divergent

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pizza

Question 5

What type of boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other?

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convergent

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divergent

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transform

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lateral

Question 6

What forms at a convergent boundary between a continental plate and an oceanic plate?

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volcanoes

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rift valleys

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faults

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mid-ocean ridges

Question 7

A rift valley occurs at a ____________ boundary.

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divergent

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convergent

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transform

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horizontal

Question 8

What is the process in which hot molten rock rises, then cools and sinks back to the core?

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convection

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plate tectonics

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continental drift

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divergence

Question 9

A trench forms at a _________ boundary.

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convergent

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divergent

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transform

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vertical

Question 10

Mountains form at a ___________ boundary.

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convergent

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transform

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divergent

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subduction

Question 11

What type of boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?

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transform

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divergent

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lateral

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convergent

Question 12

A fault forms at a _________ boundary.

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transform

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divergent

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horizontal

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convergent

Question 13

What type of boundary is shown at A?

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divergent

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transform

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convergent

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subduction

Question 14

What is happening at point B?

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subduction

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a divergent boundary

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convection

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an earthquake

Question 15

What is the process in which two plates move toward each other but one sinks under the other?

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subduction

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convection

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divergence

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transformation

Question 16

The physical layer of Earth made of solid rock and soil is called the ___________.

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lithosphere

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mesosphere

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asthenosphere

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mantle

Question 17

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

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Convergent Boundary

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Divergent Boundary

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Transform Boundary

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Plate Boundary

Question 18

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

Accepted Answer

Convection currents in the mantle

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Energy from the Sun

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Magnetic Pole Reversal

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Faults in Mountain Ranges

Question 19

What type of plate boundary is this?

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Convergent

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Plate

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 20

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

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Earthquake

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Volcano Eruption

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Tornado

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Mountain Building

Question 21

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

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Pull apart

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Come together

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Slide past each other

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subducting

Question 22

What type of plate boundary is this?

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Transform

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Convergent

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Divergent

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Plate

Question 23

A fault is formed by the movement of a __________ plate boundary

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Transform

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Convergent

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Divergent

Question 24

Islands can from from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary

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Convergent

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 25

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

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Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created

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New crust is underwater where it sinks

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New crust breaks more easily than old crust

Question 26

Mountains are created when....

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Two continental plates collide

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Two oceanic plates pull apart

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An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

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Two continental plates pull apart

Question 27

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

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Divergent

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Convergent

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Reform

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Transform

Question 28

What are the two types of crust

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continental and oceanic

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ocean and upper

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lower and upper

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pizza and subway

Question 29

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 30

When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?

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oceanic

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continental

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neither

Question 31

The area where two tectonic plates meet.

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plate boundary

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mantle

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focus

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convection

Question 32

This landform can occur at a divergent plate boundary.

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mid-ocean ridge

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ocean trench

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tall mountains

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transform fault

Question 33

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 34

A ______ is a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying large slabs of continental and oceanic crust.

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plate

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wedge

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chunk

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fault

Question 35

A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move is called a ________.

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fault

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plate

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rift

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breach

Question 36

The movement of fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another is _____________.

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Convection current

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Seismic waves

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Sea-floor spreading

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Conduction current

Question 37

The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor is called ___________.

Accepted Answer

Sea-floor spreading

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Divergent boundary

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Convergent boundary

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Renovating

Question 38

What is an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced?

Accepted Answer

Mid-ocean ridge

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Rift valley

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Deep-ocean trench

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Transform bounda

Question 39

A __________ is a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.

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deep-ocean trench

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rift valley

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sea-floor spreading

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mid-ocean ridge

Question 40

What is the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary?

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Subduction

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Induction

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Abduction <span></span>

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Reduction

Question 41

_____________ is a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

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Divergent boundary

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Convergent boundary

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Transform boundary

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Insurgent boundary

Question 42

_____________ is when two plates move toward each other.

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Convergent boundary

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Allegiant boundary

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Transform boundary

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Sliding boundary

Question 43

A _____________ is when two plates move past each other in opposite directions.

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transform boundary

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emergent boundary

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divergent boundary

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convergent boundary

Question 44

A _________ is a valley that forms where two plates move apart.

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Rift valley

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Fissure

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Sea-floor spreading

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Fault

Question 45

___________ is the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.

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Plate tectonics

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Seismic waves

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Convection current

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Divergent boundary

Question 46

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a _______

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transform boundary

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divergent boundary.

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convergent boundary.

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rift valley.

Question 47

The place where two plates come together is known as a _______

Accepted Answer

convergent boundary.

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transform boundary.

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divergent boundary.

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rift valley.

Question 48

This layer of Earth is the thickest part

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mantle

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crust

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outer core

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inner core

Question 49

The outermost solid layer of the Earth is called the

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crust

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mantle

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outer core

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inner core

Question 50

This layer of the Earth is found between the core and the crust.

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mantle

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outer core

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inner core

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crust

Question 51

The layer that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core.

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outer core

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mantle

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inner core

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crust

Question 52

Is a layer of week of soft mantle that is made of rock that flows slowly.  Tectonic plates move on top of this layer.

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Asthensophere

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Inner Core

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Lithosphere

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Outer Core

Question 53

This is the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth, made up of two parts, is divided into pieces call tectonic plates.

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Lithosphere

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Inner Core

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Asthensophere

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Outer Core

Question 54

The solid, dense center of our planet that extends from the bottom of the outer core to the center of the Earth..

Accepted Answer

inner core

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mantle

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outer core

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crust

Question 55

The driving force of the tectonic plates are convection currents, where can these be found?

Accepted Answer

mantle

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inner core
inner core

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crust

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outer core

Question 56

What layer is the thinnest?

Accepted Answer

Crust

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Mantle

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Core

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They are all the same size

Question 57

Which layer has the highest density?

Accepted Answer

Core

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Crust

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Mantle

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All the same

Question 58

What are the three main layers of the Earth?

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Core, Mantle, Crust

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Center, Middle, Outer

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Center, Mantle, Crush

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Core, Middle, Crush

Plate Tectonics

60 questions

What causes tectonic plates to move along the Earth's surface?

What type of boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other?

What forms at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates?

Which type of crust is more dense?

What type of boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other?

What forms at a convergent boundary between a continental plate and an oceanic plate?

A rift valley occurs at a ____________ boundary.

What is the process in which hot molten rock rises, then cools and sinks back to the core?

A trench forms at a _________ boundary.

Mountains form at a ___________ boundary.

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