Quiz about 2019 Plate Tectonics

Question 1

The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.

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plate boundary

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fault

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plate edge

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ring of fire

Question 2

Mountains form from ...

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collision of plates

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plates sliding past one another

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plates moving away from each other

Question 3

What geologic event occurs where two continental crusts collide?

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mountain range

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rift valley

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ocean basin

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volcano

Question 4

Plates slide past one another at ____________ boundaries.

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transform

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divergent

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convergent

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submergent

Question 5

Plates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries.

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convergent

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divergent

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transform

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detergent

Question 6

Which image below shows a transform boundary?

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Option C is correct

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A.

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B.

Question 7

What is the name of plate 6

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Antarctic plate

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Eurasian plate

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Indo-Australian plate

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North American plate

Question 8

What is the name of plate 3

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South American plate

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Pacific plate

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Eurasian plate

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Antarctic plate

Question 9

What is the name of plate 4

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Pacific plate

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African plate

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Indo-Australian plate

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Antarctic plate

Question 10

What is the name of plate 1

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North American plate

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African plate

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Pacific plate

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Pacific plate

Question 11

What is the name of plate 5

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Eurasian plate

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African plate

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South American plate

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Indo-Australian plate

Question 12

Plate 1

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Indo-Australian

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Pacific Plate

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South American

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Eurasian

Question 13

Most of the United States is a part of which tectonic plate?

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North American Plate

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Pacific Plate

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Eurasian Plate

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South American Plate

Question 14

Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's

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Asthenosphere

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Continental crust

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Oceanic crust

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Lithosphere

Question 15

What heat transfer happens when you burn your hand by touching a fire?

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Conduction

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Radiation

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Convectio

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I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!

Question 16

Walking on the warm sand sand with your bare feet demonstrates this type of heat transfer.

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conduction

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convection

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radiation

Question 17

Johnny accidentally grabbed the handle of the hot pot.

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conduction

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convection

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radiation

Question 18

A group of friends gather around a fire to stay warm.

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radiation

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conduction

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convection

Question 19

Near the ceiling of a room the air is warmer.  The warm air rises because of

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convection

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conduction

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radiation

Question 20

When the 2nd story of a house is warmer than the 1st floor of a house is heat transfer through

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convection

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conduction

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radiation

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thermal equilibrium

Question 21

At what temperature did the hot and cold water reach thermal equilibrium ?

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30

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5

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10

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70

Question 22

After cooking an egg in boiling water, you cool the egg by putting it into a bowl of cold water.  Which of the following explains the egg's cooling process?

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Energy is transferred from the egg to the water.

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Temperature is transferred from the egg to the water.

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Energy is transferred from the water to the egg.

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Cold moves from the water into the egg.

Question 23

In heat transfer, heat always flows from the _______________ substance to the _______________ substance.

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Hotter to colder

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Colder to hotter

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Hotter to hotter

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Colder to colder

Question 24

Which of these two layers is a solid?

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innercore

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Outercore

Question 25

A dense ball of solid iron and nickel.

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inner core

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crust

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mantle

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outer core

Question 26

Which best describes the asthenosphere?

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solid that flows

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molten metal

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dense, solid metal ball

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dry land and ocean floor

Question 27

What is the rigid layer of the Earth's surface made up of the crust and upper mantle called?

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lithosphere

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asthenosphere

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mesosphere

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continental crust

Question 28

Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.

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increases

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decreases

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goes up and down depending on the layer

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stays the same

Question 29

What type elements make up the solid Earth ?

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only a few of the elements on the periodic table

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metals only

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all the elements on the periodic table

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nonmetals only

Question 30

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

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convection currents in the Asthenosphere

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the rotation of the Earth.

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the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

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the Moho discontinuity.

Question 31

The map in the picture shows tectonic plate boundaries. This map would be useful in predicting the location of future

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earthquakes

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droughts

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hurricanes

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tornadoes

Question 32

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

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ocean basin

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mountain range

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Island Arc

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Flat land

Question 33

What happens when ice cubes melt in a glass?

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Heat is transferred from the warmer water to the ice cubes.

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Heat travels from the ice to the warmer water.

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No energy is transferred.

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The water warms up due to the humidity

Question 34

What will happen to the temperature of a cup of hot chocolate if you leave it on your desk while you go out to play for an hour ?

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the temperature will become room temperature

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the temperature will increase

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the temperature will decrease only slightly

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the temperature will increase to boil

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