Unit1: Earthrise the Big Picture (Study Island)

The map below shows an area located near a tectonic plate boundary. The red circles on the map show the locations of earthquakes.Knowing that tectonic plate boundaries can be inferred from the locations of earthquakes, where is the plate boundary most likely located?

• The plate boundary runs southwest to northeast, through Meadowview and Green Oaks.

• The plate boundary runs north to south, through Green Oaks and Gardenville.

• The plate boundary runs east to west, through Gardenville and Meadowview.

• The plate boundary runs northwest to southeast, through Maple Grove and Gardenville.

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The world map below shows the locations of tectonic plate boundaries (black lines) and active volcanoes (red dots). Based on this map, volcanoes most commonly form

• near tectonic plate boundaries.

• along Earth's equator.

• in the middle of tectonic plates.

• in Earth's polar regions.

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What causes geologic events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and the creation of mountains?

• atmospheric pressure

• position of the planets

• ocean tides

• lithospheric plate movement

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How might two lithospheric plates interact with each other?

I.They can collide with each other.

II.One plate may slide under another plate.

III.They can slide past each other.

• II and III only

• I, II, and III

• I and II only

• II only

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Why do lithospheric plates move constantly?

• surface winds

• lunar gravity

• tidal drift

• density differences

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The diagram below shows the location of a mountain range, where continental crust is being subducted beneath continental crust. Judging from the diagram, where are most mountain ranges located?

• at the center of continental plates

• at the boundary between two plates

• at the deepest parts of the ocean

• at the center of oceanic plates

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Which of the following is located at the center of the Earth?

• atmosphere

• mantle

• crust

• core

Which of the following lists Earth's compositional layers in order of increasing density?

• core, mantle, crust

• mantle, crust, core

• crust, core, mantle

• crust, mantle, core

Which of Earth's layers is shown by the letter X in the image above?

• inner core

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

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Which of the following is the densest layer of the solid Earth?

• mantle

• crust

• core

• atmosphere