Planet Earth Quiz

Volcanoes are usually found

• in the middle of the ocean

• along plate boundaries

• at the edge of continents

• in the southern hemisphere

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Before lava reaches the surface, the molten material is called ____.

• rock

• magma

• volcanic ash

• liquid fire

Molten material that leaves a volcano's vent is called ___________.

• gas

• magma

• lava

• liquid fire

This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

• Circle of Fire
• Ring of Lava
• Ring of Fire
• Circle of Magma

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The image shows the Mid Atlantic Ridge. Which type of boundary occurs at this ridge where the ocean floor is spreading apart? 

• convergent
• divergent 
• transform fault

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The idea that the continents were once part of a single landmass that broke apart and

moved is

• Continental Drift

• Tectonic Plates

• Transform

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The region where two lithospheric plates meet

• Continental Drift

• Plate tectonics

• Plate Boundaries

Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of...

• America, Greenland, and Europe

• Antarctica, India, and America

• all of Earth’s continents

• South Africa, India, Australia, and South America

Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery that the continents were once together?

• He could not explain HOW the continents moved

• He didn't have evidence

• His data was wrong

• He didn't use the right technology to gather data

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The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

• the rotation of the Earth

• convection currents in the Asthenosphere

• the gravity of the iron-nickel core

• the Moho discontinuity

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