Plate Tectonics

Layers of rock in the earth are called:

• Soil

• Sediments

• Strata

• Dirt

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The different layers of earth give us information about:

• The plants and animals that may lived long ago

• The different colors of the crust

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The type of rock where most fossils are found:

• Metamorphic

• Pumice

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

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Where is the oldest layer of rock found?

• At the top

• In the middle

• At the bottom

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The breakdown or change of earth's surface due to weather conditions:

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Sedimentation

• Volcanoes

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The Earth's surface being worn away and and bits of rock and soil being carried away and deposited elsewhere is called:

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Sedimentation

• Volcanoes

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Freezing water getting inside inside cracks in rocks can cause them to

• Roll Away

• Rebuild

• Expand and shatter

• Grow

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The movement of earth's plates that moved our continents into different places is called :

• Sedimentation

• Continental Drift

• Oceanic Shift

• Rolling Plates

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The name for plates pushing against each other causing mountains to form is called:

• Mountain Boundaries

• Transforming Boundaries

• Divergent Boundaries

• Convergent Boundaries

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The boundary where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other forming new crust is called:

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Plate Tectonics

• Soil Erosion

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