Quiz about Earth's Layers & Plate Boundaries

Question 1

Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Transform

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Reform

Question 2

This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel

Accepted Answer

Inner Core

Answer

Outer Core

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Mantle

Answer

Crust

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Divergent

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Convergent

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Reform

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Transform

Question 4

This layer of Earth is the thickest part

Accepted Answer

mantle

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crust

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outer core

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inner core

Question 5

What are the two types of crust

Accepted Answer

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 6

Which layer has convection currents?

Accepted Answer

Mantle

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Inner Core

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Outer Core

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Crust

Question 7

subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

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islands

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volcanoes

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earthquakes

Question 8

Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

Accepted Answer

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 9

When one plate sides under neath another, it _________ and the magma _________.

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melts, rises

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hardens, sinks

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melts, sinks

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hardens, rises

Question 10

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

continent-to-continent convergent

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divergent

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ocean-to-continent convergent

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transform

Question 11

Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

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volcanoes

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deep sea trenches

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underwater mountain ranges

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

oceanic

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continental

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neither

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT a tectonic boundary?

Accepted Answer

Sedergent

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Convergent

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Divergent

Answer

Transform

Question 14

What is this image...

Accepted Answer

San Andreas (Transform)

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Revolving boundary

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Convergent

Question 15

Two tectonic plates collide at a _______ plate boundary.

Accepted Answer

convergent

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divergent

Answer

transform

Question 16

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 17

Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur...

Accepted Answer

along tectonic plate boundaries

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along the coast

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in the Arctic

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in the ocean

Question 18

This landform can occur at a divergent plate boundary.

Accepted Answer

mid-ocean ridge

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ocean trench

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tall mountains

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transform fault

Question 19

A continental rift valley can be formed from stretching continental crust at...

Accepted Answer

divergent plate boundaries

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transform plate boundaries

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convergent plate boundaries

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all plate boundaries

Question 20

A mid-ocean ridge occurs at a ________ plate boundary.

Accepted Answer

divergent

Answer

transform

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convergent

Question 21

What type of boundary is the SAN ANDREAS FAULT on?

Accepted Answer

Transform

Answer

Covergent

Answer

Transformers

Answer

Divergent

Question 22

What is the name of the plate boundary that slides past each other?

Accepted Answer

Transform

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Mr. C the Slide Man

Question 23

Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?

Accepted Answer

Rift Valley

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Mountain

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A peninsula

Answer

An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct.

Question 24

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

Accepted Answer

Convergent Boundary

Answer

Divergent Boundary

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Transform Boundary

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Plate Boundary

Question 25

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

Accepted Answer

Convection currents in the mantle

Answer

Energy from the Sun

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Magnetic Pole Reversal

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Faults in Mountain Ranges

Question 26

What type of plate boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Plate

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 27

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 28

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 29

Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.

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Pangea

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Gondwanda

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Laurasia

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Neverland

Question 30

What type of plate boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

Transform

Answer

Convergent

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Divergent

Answer

Plate

Question 31

Broken pieces of the Earth's Lithosphere that rest and move on the upper layer of the mantle, is what?

Accepted Answer

Tectonic Plate

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Pangea

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Natural Selection

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Gravity

Question 32

Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Transform

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Plate

Answer

Divergent

Question 33

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

Accepted Answer

Transform

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

Question 34

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

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Transform

Question 35

Where would the oldest rock be found?

Accepted Answer

O

Answer

L

Answer

M

Answer

N

Question 36

Mountains are created when....

Accepted Answer

Two continental plates collide

Answer

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 37

_______ are created and found in soil, in rocks, in seashells, or deep in the earth.

Accepted Answer

Minerals

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Elements

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Crystals

Question 38

What is the name of the tectonic plate labeled at "X"?

Accepted Answer

Indo-Australian Plate

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North American Plate

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South American Plate

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African Plate

Question 39

What geologic event will occur at a transform boundary?

Accepted Answer

Earthquake

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Ocean basin

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Rift Valley

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Mountain building

Question 40

Which diagram(s) illustrate the type of movement that could result in the formation of continental mountain building?

Accepted Answer

Diagram 3

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Diagram 1

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Diagram 2

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Diagram 1 & 3

Question 41

Which diagram(s) illustrate the type of movement that could result in the formation of an ocean basin?

Accepted Answer

Diagram 1

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Diagram 2

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Diagram 3

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Diagram 1 & 3

Question 42

The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.

Accepted Answer

Crust

Answer

Mantle

Answer

Core

Question 43

Tectonic plates are made up of continental crust and ________ crust.

Accepted Answer

oceanic

Answer

continental

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plates

Answer

mantle

Question 44

There are how many different types of crust?

Accepted Answer

2

Answer

1

Answer

3

Answer

5

Question 45

What is the thickest layer of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

mantle

Answer

crust

Answer

outer core

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inner core

Question 46

What is the core made of?

Accepted Answer

iron and nickel

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steel

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iron aluminum

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iron

Question 47

Why is the inner core solid?

Accepted Answer

the pressure

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it's unknown

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what it's made of

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it is colder than the outer core

Question 48

Which layer of the Earth is the only liquid layer?

Accepted Answer

outer core

Answer

inner core

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mantel

Answer

Lithosphere

Question 49

The oceanic floor is made of?

Accepted Answer

Basalt

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Granite

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Cookies

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Water

Question 50

The continental floor is made up of?

Accepted Answer

Granite

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Flowers and grass

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Basalt

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Crust

Question 51

What happens to temperature as we move from the crust to the inner core?

Accepted Answer

Increases

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Decreases

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Nothing

Question 52

Which layer of Earth has the GREATEST density?

Accepted Answer

inner core

Answer

crust

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outer core

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mantle

Question 53

Which model best represents the mechanical layers of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

D

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A

Answer

B

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C

Question 54

The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the south to the north.

Accepted Answer

convection

Answer

conduction

Answer

radiation

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