ECS Quiz 2 (2019)

The Earth's crust is made up of tectonic plates that:

• move quickly.

• move slowly.

• do not move.

In which layer of the Earth do earthquakes take place?

• Inner core

• Outer core

• Mantle

• Crust

Choose all of the landforms that are formed by plates colliding:

• Glacier

• Mountain

• River

• Volcano

• Canyon

From which layer does lava come from?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer core

• Inner core

True or false: You can dig deep enough to reach the inner core.

• True

• False

A lowland between two mountains or hills:

• Earthquake

• Valley

• Stream

A large area of flat land that is raised higher than the land around it:

• Crust

• Valley

• Plateau

This occurs when rock layers move along a fault line:

• Earthquake

• Glacier

• River

A piece of land surrounded on all sides by water:

• Volcano

• Island

• Stream

Part of the Earth's surface that is created by nature and easy to recognize:

• Statue

• Landform

• House