Earth Science Final

When two tectonic plates are moving towards each other they form

• transform boundries
• divergent boundaries
• convergent boundaries
• continental plates

The rising of warm matter and sinking of cooled matter form a ...

• volcano
• mountain
• tsunami
• convection current

Which crust is thicker, less dense and composed of granitic rock that does not subduct.

• Oceanic
• Pizza
• Benthic
• Continental

The layer of Earth made of solid metal.

• Mantle
• Inner core
• Crust
• Outer core

The Theory that Earth's Continents are Constantly Moving.

• Pangaea
• Plate Movement
• Continental Drift
• Paleomagnetism

The lower mantle that is flexible and flowing.

• Lithosphere
• Thermosphere
• Mesosphere
• Asthenosphere

The layer of the Earth made of liquid iron and nickel is called the.....

• asthenosphere
• inner core
• outer core
• ring of fire

____ is the theory that the lithosphere is broken into plates that float on the asthenosphere.

• continental drift
• plate tectonics
• evolution
• giant impact

The theory that new ocean crust forms and pushes older rock laterally at mid-ocean ridges is called _______________.

• Continental Drift
• sea-floor spreading
• relativity
• plate tectonics

What is the very brittle layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the uppermost mantle?

• Hydrosphere
• Biosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Lithosphere