Earth Layers

The Ring of Fire is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. What claim can be made about the Ring of Fire from this information?

• It is the only place on Earth where earthquakes can happen.

• The edges of the tectonic plates are moving in this area.

• It represents the areas where tectonic plates are the thickest.

• It has been getting larger since Earth first formed.

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A force caused the continents to drift apart over time. Once scientists figured out what that force was, the theory of plate tectonics was born! The image above shows what Geologists think the Earth looked like millions of years ago. What name was given to this land mass.

• Plate Tectonics

• Oceana

• Pangea

• North America

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Tectonic plates float on top of the ________

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

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We live in an area without many earthquakes because _____

• We live near a major fault line

• We live near the boundary of 2 tectonic plates

• We live near the middle of the North American Plate

• We live near the Pacific Plate

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The layer that makes up most of the earth's mass and volume is the

• crust
• mantle
• core
• asthenosphere

Earth's crust is broken up into several large rocky pieces called ...

• plates
• faults
• fossils
• puzzle pieces

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The ______ is the layer of the Earth under the crust.

• core
• mantle
• magma
• none of the above

This scientist built most of the evidence for continental drift.

• Alfred Wegener
• Sean Carroll
• Fred Calfred
• John Williams

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This type of plate boundary is when two plates crash into each other.

• Convergent
• Transform
• Divergent
• Subductive

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This type of plate boundary is when two plates move apart.

• Convergent
• Transform
• Divergent
• Subductive

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