Unit 2: Physical and Human Geography

What is the inner most layer of the earth called?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Mantle

• Core

What part of the earth is broken into sections called plates?

• Crust

• mantle

• Inner Mantle

• Core

​ are made of less dense or softer sections of crust.

At what type of plate boundry are the plates pushing into each other?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

At what type of plate boundary are the plates sliding past and rubbing against each other?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

At what type of boundary are the plates pulling apart from one another?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

At what type of boundary can you primarily find trenches forming causing new crust to form?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transfrom

At what type of bundary can you primarily find volcanos and mountains forming?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• transform

At what type of boundary can you primarily find earthquakes happening?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Tranform

This biome is characterized and an area that gets less than 25cm of percipitation per year.

• tundra

• alpine

• desert

• rainforest