Sci 8 Final Review

What causes plates to move?

• sea floor spreading

• earthquakes

• continental drift theory

• convection currents

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Earthquakes and volcanoes are found along

• the ocean floor

• mountain ranges

• plate boundaries

• subduction zones

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Which layer is the oldest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Which layer is liquid?

• upper mantle

• lower mantle

• outer core

• crust

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake
• Volcano Eruption
• Tornado
• Mountain Building

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

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Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

• At plate boundaries
• in oceans
• in the middle of continents
• in the middle of plates

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Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's

• Continental crust
• Oceanic crust
• Asthenosphere
• Lithosphere

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Wegener noticed that the edges of some continents

• were exactly the same
• overlapped each other
• were covered with mountains
• fit together like puzzle pieces