Plate Tectonics and Earth's Structure Practice

This immense mountain range began to form between 40 and 50 million years ago, when two large landmasses, India and Eurasia, driven by plate movement, collided.

• Eurasia

• Rocky

• Ural

• Himalayan

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______________ are caused by earth's internal heat sources.

• tornadoes

• hurricanes

• thunderstorms

• volcanic eruptions

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What geological forces might be responsible for the range of mountains where one oceanic plate goes beneath a continental plate?

• diverging tectonic plates

• converging tectonic plates

• erosion of the land by the ocean

• erosion of the land by the ocean

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What is the densest part of Earth?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

Mid-ocean ridges are underwater mountainous regions formed by the separation of ___________.

• tsunamis

• tectonic plates

• continental divides

• subatomic particles

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Convection currents in the Earth's mantle cause plate movement which can cause all except

• earthquakes

• tsunamis

• hurricanes

• volcanoes

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How is the crust DIFFERENT from the other layers of the Earth?

• it is hotter

• it is thinner

• it is mostly liquid

• it is under pressure

What is the source of energy that drives plate movement?

• the subducton of the sea floor

• convection currents in the mantle

• the different densities of the oceanic and crustal plates

• the friction force between the plates that move past each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following choices is not evidence supporting the theory of plate tectonics?

• fossil assemblages

• ancient cave drawing found in France

• the jigsaw puzzle-like fit of the continents

• traces of glaciation found in Africa and South America

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What is the thickest layer of earth?

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core