Quiz about Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics

Question 1

This layer of the Earth is found between the core and the crust.

Accepted Answer

mantle

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outer core

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inner core

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crust

Question 2

The layer that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core.

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outer core

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mantle

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inner core

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crust

Question 3

Is a layer of week of soft mantle that is made of rock that flows slowly.  Tectonic plates move on top of this layer.

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Asthensophere

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Inner Core

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Lithosphere

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Outer Core

Question 4

The driving force of the tectonic plates are convection currents, where can these be found?

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mantle

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inner core
inner core

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crust

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outer core

Question 5

The hottest layer

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inner core

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crust

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mantle

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outer core

Question 6

The thinest layer

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crust

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inner core

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mantle

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outer core

Question 7

The least dense layer

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crust

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inner core

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mantle

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outer core

Question 8

The most dense layer

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inner core

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crust

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mantle

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outer core

Question 9

Supporting Evidence: fossils, continent shape, landforms

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Continental Drift

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Seafloor Spreading

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Plate Tectonics

Question 10

Supporting Evidence: subduction, earthquakes, volcanoes, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, older theories

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Plate Tectonics

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Continental Drift

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Seafloor Spreading

Question 11

Supporting Evidence: discovery of Mid-Atlantic Ridge, core rock samples showing older rocks the farther that you get from the mid ocean ridge

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Seafloor Spreading

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Continental Drift

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Plate Tectonics

Question 12

The theory stating the continents were once joined in a large mass that broke apart.

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Continental Drift

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Seafloor Spreading

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Plate Tectonics

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Pangaea

Question 13

Volcanoes never form along subduction zones.

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False

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True

Question 14

Ocean trenches always form at subduction zones where dense oceanic crust subducts.

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True

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False

Question 15

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is formed at this boundary.

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Divergent

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Convergent

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Normal

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Transform

Question 16

The circular pattern of heating, rising, cooling, sinking of magma in the mantle causing tectonic plates to move.

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Convection Currents

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Plate Tectonics

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Pangaea

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Subduction

Question 17

Continental crust is more dense than oceanic crust.

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False

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True

Question 18

Name the boundary

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convergent boundary

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divergent boundary

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transform boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 19

Name the boundary

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transform boundary

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convergent boundary

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divergent boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 20

Name the boundary

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divergent boundary

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convergent boundary

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transform boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 21

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

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subduction zone

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submarine zone

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divergence zone

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lower zone

Question 22

Associated with transform boundaries.

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earthquakes

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Volcanoes

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mountains

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trenches

Question 23

The Himilayan mountains were formed because of a

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Convergent boundary

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Divergent boundary

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Transform boundary

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Hot spot

Question 24

A map of global earthquakes and volcanoes tells you

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Where the plate boundaries are

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Where the edges of the continents are

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Where the Earth is hottest

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Nothing it looks random

Question 25

The ring of fire is a ring of volcanoes and earthquakes that occur along

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Plate boundaries in the Pacific ocean

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The mid-ocean ridge

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Only transform boundaries

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Plate boundaries in the Atlantic ocean

Question 26

As scientists explore deeper and deeper into Earth's crust, what have they noticed about temperature and pressure?

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both temperature and pressure increase

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both temperature and pressure decrease

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pressure increases while temperature decreases

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temperature increases while pressure decreases

Question 27

Which layer of Earth is characterized by rock that is plastic, or soft enough to flow?

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asthenosphere

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crust

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lithosphere

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inner core

Question 28

True or FalseThe most abundant elements in the Earth's crust are silicon and oxygen.

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True

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False

Question 29

Which layer is made up of iron and nickel?

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Inner Core

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Crust

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Mantle

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Lithosphere

Question 30

Is the outer core a liquid or solid?

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liquid

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solid

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