Quiz about Plate Tectonics and Layers of the earth

Question 1

The tectonic plates float on the

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asthenosphere

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lithosphere

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lower mantle

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outer core

Question 2

The part of the earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle and is split into tectonic plates is the

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lithosphere

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crust

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asthenosphere

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mantle

Question 3

The hottest layer

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inner core

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crust

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mantle

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outer core

Question 4

The coolest layer

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crust

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inner core

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mantle

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outer core

Question 5

The thinest layer

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crust

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inner core

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mantle

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outer core

Question 6

The thickest layer

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mantle

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crust

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inner core

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outer core

Question 7

The least dense layer

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crust

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inner core

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mantle

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outer core

Question 8

The most dense layer

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inner core

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crust

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mantle

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outer core

Question 9

This layer is completely liquid

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outer core

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crust

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inner core

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mantle

Question 10

This layer is a mix between solid and liquid

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mantle

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crust

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inner core

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outer core

Question 11

This layer is completely solid due to the intense pressure it is under

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inner core

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crust

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mantle

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outer core

Question 12

This layer is solid

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crust

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asthenosphere

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mantle

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outer core

Question 13

Supporting Evidence: fossils, continent shape, landforms

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Continental Drift

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Seafloor Spreading

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Plate Tectonics

Question 14

Supporting Evidence: subduction, earthquakes, volcanoes, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, older theories

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Plate Tectonics

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Continental Drift

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Seafloor Spreading

Question 15

The name for the actual lithospheric plates

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Tectonic Plates

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Plate Tectonics

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Pangaea

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Continental Drift

Question 16

The theory stating the continents were once joined in a large mass that broke apart.

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Continental Drift

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Seafloor Spreading

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Plate Tectonics

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Pangaea

Question 17

The process for new oceanic lithosphere forming at mid ocean ridges

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Seafloor Spreading

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Continental Drift

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Plate Tectonics

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Pangaea

Question 18

The theory that states that the Earth is divided into plates that float and move in slow, constant motion.

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Plate Tectonics

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Continental Drift

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Seafloor Spreading

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Tectonic Plates

Question 19

Ocean trenches always form at subduction zones where dense oceanic crust subducts.

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True

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False

Question 20

Volcanoes never form along subduction zones.

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False

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True

Question 21

Faults and tectonic plate boundaries are the same thing.

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False

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True

Question 22

The circular pattern of heating, rising, cooling, sinking of magma in the mantle causing tectonic plates to move.

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Convection Currents

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Plate Tectonics

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Pangaea

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Subduction

Question 23

Volcanoes are most often formed at this boundary.

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Convergent

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Divergent

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Normal

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Transform

Question 24

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is formed at this boundary.

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Divergent

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Convergent

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Normal

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Transform

Question 25

Faults can occur at plate boundaries, near boundaries, and at other weakened areas of crust.

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True

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False

Question 26

There are 3 types of crust.

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False

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True

Question 27

Hot spots are volcanically active areas that are not near tectonic plate boundaries.

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True

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False

Question 28

Compared to rock in Earth's crust, rocks in the mantle are more

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dense

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mineral-rich

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granular

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porous

Question 29

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

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crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

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crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

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mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

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outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

Question 30

One large landmass

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Pangea

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North America

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South America

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PanAmerica

Question 31

To make new crust, ____ is pushed up from the mantle.

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Magma

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Lava

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Iron

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Nickel

Question 32

Plates sliding past each other in opposite directions

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Transform

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Convergent

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Divergent

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Subduction

Question 33

Geologists study the inside of the Earth by using____

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seismic waves

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sound waves

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light waves

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EM waves

Question 34

Name the boundary

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convergent boundary

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divergent boundary

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transform boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 35

A subduction zone is formed...

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when one tectonic plate sinks below another

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at every type of convergent plate boundary

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at every type of divergent plate boundary

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at transform boundaries

Question 36

A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a

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mountain range

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mid ocean ridge

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deep ocean trench

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rift valley

Question 37

The image shows the Mid Atlantic Ridge. Which type of boundary occurs at this ridge where the ocean floor is spreading apart?

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divergent

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convergent

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transform fault

Question 38

Once magma reaches the earth's surface it is called.....

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lava

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Silica

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Rock

Question 39

An area where magma melts through the crust in the middle of a plate is called a  ________.

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hot spot

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island arc

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geyser

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pipe

Question 40

This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

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Ring of Fire

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Circle of Fire

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Ring of Lava

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Circle of Magma

Question 41

Volcanoes can be found...

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all of the above

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on land

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under water

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on islands

Question 42

What type of plate boundary is this?

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Convergent

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Plate

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 43

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

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Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created

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New crust is underwater where it sinks

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New crust breaks more easily than old crust

Question 44

Mountains are created when....

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Two continental plates collide

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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 45

The youngest material of the ocean floor is found at mid-ocean _________.

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ridges

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trenches

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basins

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rifts

Question 46

The layer of caramel-like consistency that flows and moves the plates of the Earth is called the ________.

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asthenosphere

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mantle

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lithosphere

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crust

Question 47

The _______ is the thickest layer of the Earth at 1800 miles thick.  This layer contains most of the mass of the Earth.

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mantle

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crust

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outer core

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inner core

Question 48

The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a ________.

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transform fault

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divergent boundary

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convergent boundary

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subduction zone

Question 49

Where is one place you would find a hot spot?

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Hawaii

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Japan

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Canada

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Antarctica

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