Dynamic Earth review

Rocky or rigid outer part of Earth consisting of the brittle crust and the top part of the upper mantle

• Lithosphere

• Oceanic Crust

• Continental Crust

• Asthenosphere

This discribes one of the terms below.

Mantle convection is the very slow creeping motion of Earth’s solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior to the planet's surface.

• Lithosphere

• Earthquake

• Convection Currents

• Core

In the region where two continental plates collide, what geological feature MOST often forms?

• an ocean

• a volcano

• a river valley

• a mountain chain

Crustal plates that pull apart from one another MOST likely form

• volcanic island arcs

• strike-slip faults

• oceanic trenches

• rift zones

Which of these tectonic plate boundaries is most likely to form a volcano.

• a continental plate colliding with a continental plate

• an oceanic plate sliding past a continental plate

• a continental plate sliding past a continental plate

• an oceanic plate colliding into a continental plate

What causes the tectonic plates to continually to move?

• Convection currents

• Volcanic and seismic activity

• Strong winds and storms

• Rotation of the solid core

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake
• Volcano Eruption
• Tornado
• Mountain Building

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart
• Come together
• Slide past each other
• subducting

Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 280 Million Years ago.

• Pangea

• Gondwanda

• Laurasia

• Neverland