Science 9: Plate Tectonics

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

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In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle creating

• along the edges of all the continents.

• new oceanic crust

• in deep-ocean trenches.

• at the north and south poles.

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The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath continental crust forcing the oceanic crust to melt back in the mantle is known as _______

• convection.

• continental drift.

• subduction.

• conduction.

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The process where hot magma rises from the mantle and cold magma sinks because of is density is a process known as.... Is also the driving force for plate tectonics

• convection currents

• continental drift.

• subduction.

• conduction.

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A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a _______

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary.

• convergent boundary.

• rift valley.

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The place where two plates collide into one another is known as a _______

• transform boundary.

• divergent boundary.

• convergent boundary.

• rift valley.

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Above is a picture of sea-floor spreading. The type of plate boundary represented in the image is ....

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform boundary

• No movement

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The San Andreas Fault in California is known as an active earthquake region because the North American Plate and the Pacific plate slide past one another. What type of boundary is it?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Transform

• Sea Floor Spreading

What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and upper
• lower and upper
• pizza and subway

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

• divergent
• continent-to-continent convergent
• ocean-to-continent convergent
• transform

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