Science Unit 5 Lesson 2

Which of the following is the Earth's outermost layer which makes up the continents and holds the oceans?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Inner Layer

• Outer Layer

True or False: Erosion is the transport of sediment by wind, water, or gravity.

• True

• False

What is the name of the drifting slabs of solid rock that make up Earth's surface?

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What type of boundary occurs when plates slide past one another? Hint: Earthquakes may occur at these plate boundaries.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

True or false: Rocks are never changing.

• True

• False

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What is the relationship between a continent and tectonic plates?

• The continent floats on water, which is above the plates.

• The continent sits on top of the tectonic plate but isn't part of the plate.

• The continent is part of the tectonic plate

• There is no relationship between a continent and tectonic plates.

Which of the following can cause pieces of rock on Earth's surface to weather?

• Both growth of plants and freezing of water can cause pieces of rock to weather.

• The growth of plant roots can cause pieces of rock to weather, but the freezing of water cannot.

• The freezing of water can cause pieces of rock to weather, but the growth of plant roots cannot.

• None of the above.

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Heat from deep in Earth's interior is transferred to its crust by...

• Conduction and radiation

• Convection and conduction

• Convection and radiation

• Convection and evaporation

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Rock that is formed when hot semi-solid rock, either magma or lava cools into solid form is called...

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Core rock

Which of the following is true above the movement of tectonic plates?

• The plates don't move because they sit on a layer of solid rock.

• The plates move with the layer of semi-solid rock below them.

• The plates move because they float on liquid rock.

• The plates don't move until the solid layer of rock below them temporarily melts.

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