Science Unit 4 Quiz

What are divergent plates?

• diverse plates

• something you eat your food on

• two tectonic plates that move away from each other

• two tectonic plates that collide

What are convergent plates?

• plates in the earths crust

• when two or more tectonic plates collide

• two tectonic plates that move away from each other

• the mantle

If you lived in New Jersey, what type of weathering would cause cracks in the sidewalks?

• ice wedging

• root wedging

• dancing

• tornadoes

What is the ring of fire?

• where hurricanes occur

• The section of the volcano which most activity takes place in

• a ring with an active fire around it

• A section along the pacific ocean where a hot spot of volcanoes are located

What is it called when two tectonic plates slide with one another?

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• cha cha slide

What is this called?

• the pilots map

• the ring of fire

• climatic map

• resource map

What are the earth's layers?

• crust, mantle, outer core, core

• land, melted rock, rock

• crust, middle, core

• land, sea, plates, core

What is weathering?

• the breakdown of rocks due to weather

• checking the weather

• a weather detecting machine

• erosion

Which layer of the earth makes up most of the land and sea floor?

• the crust

• mantle

• core

• outer core

When you look at a world map, where are most of the volcanoes located?

• in the middle of any continent

• in California

• the ring of fire

• the Atlantic Ocean