Geology Quiz Review

What is the study of how the Earth is formed and how it changes?

• Mantle

• Plate Tectonics

• Geology

• Mountains

What is the theory of how continents move, based on Wegener's theory of continental drift?

• Plateaus

• Pangea

• Geology

• Plate Tectonics

What are large segments of the Earth's crust that are constantly in motion?

• Mantle

• Plateaus

• Plates

• Mountains

What is the single continent that drifted apart to become the continents we know today?

• Mountains

• Pangea

• Geology

• Plate Tectonics

What is the middle layer of the Earth located between the crust and the core?

• Asthenosphere

• Outer Core

• Crust

• Inner Core

What is the solid iron and nickel layer which is under too much pressure to melt, so it remains solid?

• Outer Core

• Asthenosphere

• Inner Core

• Crust

What is the portion of the Earth consisting of the crust and the upper mantle?

• Lithosphere

• Plains

• Mantle

• Plateaus

What is a region of high elevation?

• Mountains

• Plateaus

• Pangea

• Plains

What is a region of low elevation?

• Plains

• Plateaus

• Pangea

• Mountains

What is the molten iron and nickel layer, with temperatures ranging from 2300-5000 degrees celsius?

• Outer Core

• Asthenosphere

• Crust

• Inner Core