Quiz about changing lithosphere

Question 1

Which type of rock forms at letter C?

Accepted Answer

Metamorphic

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Sedimentary

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Igneous

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Extrusive

Question 2

Which type rock would be formed a letter A?

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

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Igneous

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Magma

Question 3

Any type of rock that is melted becomes:

Accepted Answer

magma

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sediment

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crystals

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ashes

Question 4

Convection currents are located in the mantle. What do they do?

Accepted Answer

provide the force that powers plate tectonics

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circulate heat in the atmosphere

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are responsible for the tides on the Earth

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all of these

Question 5

The type of boundary in the image here is known as a:

Accepted Answer

convergent

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divergent

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subduction zone

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transform

Question 6

The type of stress formed at a convergent boundary:

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compression

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tension

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shear

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esophogeal

Question 7

Which of these are NOT formed at convergent boundaries:

Accepted Answer

rift valleys

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mountains

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trenches

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volcanoes

Question 8

This is the stress most often associated with divergent boundaries:

Accepted Answer

tension

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compression

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shear

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spaghettification

Question 9

Features found at divergent boundaries include:

Accepted Answer

seafloor spreading and rift valleys

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mountains and volcanoes

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seafloor spreading and trenches

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earthquakes

Question 10

Type of rock most often found at divergent boundaries where magma rises at the mid ocean ridge:

Accepted Answer

igneous

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metamorphic

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sedimentary

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minerals

Question 11

Who came up with the theory of continental drift:

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

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Harry Hess

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Victoria Higgins

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Kristina Clark

Question 12

In the image here, a more dense oceanic plate slips underneath a continental plate at a convergent boundary. This is known as a/an?

Accepted Answer

subduction zone

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hot spot

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a fault

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a transform boundary

Question 13

Type of rock formed a letter b from intrusion or eruption of volcanoes:

Accepted Answer

Igneous

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sediments

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sedimentary

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metamorphic

Question 14

Type of boundary shown in this image:

Accepted Answer

transform

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convergent

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divergent

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reverse

Question 15

Features found at transform boundaries include:

Accepted Answer

earthquakes and tsunamis

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volcanoes and landslides

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rift valleys and trenches

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mountains and seafloor spreading

Question 16

Which of the following helped support Wegener's theory of continental drift?

Accepted Answer

all of these

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the continents fit together like puzzle pieces

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similar fossils were found on different continents that could be pieced together

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climate clues such as coal found in Antarctica

Question 17

What type of force happens at a transform boundary?

Accepted Answer

shear

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compression

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tension

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all of these

Question 18

The crust and upper mantle that are broken into tectonic plates is known as the:

Accepted Answer

lithosphere

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mesosphere

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asthenosphere

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thermosphere

Question 19

When any rock is broken down into sediment, what is the correct order of this process?

Accepted Answer

weathering, erosion, deposition, cementation, compaction

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cementation, deposition, weathering, erosion, compaction

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weathering, deposition, cementation, compaction, erosion

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intrusion, extrusion, solidification, compaction

Question 20

American Geologist who came up with the theory of seafloor spreading:

Accepted Answer

Harry Hess

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Alfred Wegener

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Keith Wheeles

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Zachary Taylor

Question 21

The type of rock that most often contains fossils:

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

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magma

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igneous

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metamorphic

Question 22

Scientists have been able to see that rocks along the mid ocean ridges have had their magnetic alignment reversed from the north to the south pole over time. This is known as:

Accepted Answer

paleomagnetism

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geocentricism

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heliocentricism

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Oceanography

Question 23

Which of the following numbers shows where a plate subducts into the mantle and is recycled?

Accepted Answer

2

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1

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3

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4

Question 24

What number shows hot molten material being pushed up through the mid ocean ridge?

Accepted Answer

4

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6

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5

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3

Question 25

New seafloor moves outward in both directions within the mantle

Accepted Answer

B

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A

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C

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D

Question 26

What kind of boundary forms between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate

Accepted Answer

transform

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convergent

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divergent

Question 27

What kind of boundary forms between the North American and the Eurasian Plate?

Accepted Answer

divergent

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convergent

Answer

transform

Question 28

The only layer of earth that is a liquid (made of liquid iron and nickel):

Accepted Answer

outer core

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crust

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mantle

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inner core

Question 29

Which type of mountain would be a dome mountain?

Accepted Answer

B

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A

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C

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D

Question 30

Which statement is true:

Accepted Answer

rocks are made of minerals

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minerals are made of rocks

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rocks and minerals are the same thing

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rocks are made of crystals, minerals are made of sediments

Question 31

How did the earliest atmospheres and oceans form?

Accepted Answer

comet and asteroid bombardment and later volcanic outgassing

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gravitational pull of the moon caused water droplets to be suspended in air

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a cloud from venus became trapped in Earth's orbit

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none of these

Question 32

Which type of mountain is a folded mountain?

Accepted Answer

D

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A

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B

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C

Question 33

Where is new crust created on the Earth?

Accepted Answer

mid ocean ridges

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ocean trenches

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subduction zones

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volcanoes

Question 34

Where is ocean crust destroyed?

Accepted Answer

ocean trenches

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mid ocean ridges

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magnetic striping in the ocean floor

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divergent boundaries

Question 35

When did the level of oxygen in the atmosphere peak?

Accepted Answer

300 mya

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650 mya

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100 mya

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800 mya

Question 36

Around 250 mya what probably happened?

Accepted Answer

organisms evolved that utilized the oxygen to breathe

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bacteria photosynthesized, producing oxygen

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more plants evolved that photosynthesized and made oxygen

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a meteor hit the planet, depleting all the oxygen

Question 37

Why did people disagree with Alfred Wegener when he tried to publish his theory?

Accepted Answer

he was a weatherman and not a geologist and could not explain how the plates moved

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he was the son of a protestant minister and scientist did not agree with religion

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he was in the military so long, people viewed him as crazy and unpredictable

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He was a weatherman and had no evidence at all to support this theory

Question 38

Which type of rock is found farthest underground and can be expensive. Hint: Marble is more expensive than granite.

Accepted Answer

metamorphic

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sedimentary

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igneous

Question 39

Based on the information here, what happens to P waves then they hit a liquid?

Accepted Answer

they slow down

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they speed up

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they stop

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none of these

Question 40

Based on the image here, what happens to S waves then they hit a liquid?

Accepted Answer

they stop

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they slow down

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they speed up

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none of these

changing lithosphere

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