Quiz about Plate Tectonics

Question 1

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

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Convergent

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Transform

Question 2

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Transform

Answer

Convergent

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Divergent

Question 3

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 4

What geologic event would most likely be found at a transform boundary?

Accepted Answer

Earthquake

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Volcano

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Mountain

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

Question 5

What landform would you most likely find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

Accepted Answer

Rift Valley

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Mountain

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Volcano

Question 6

What landform would you most likely find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

Accepted Answer

Mountain

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Oceanic Trench

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Volcano

Question 7

When one tectonic plate sinks under another, this is called...

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Subduction

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Convegent

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 8

Which type of boundary do plates move away from each other?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

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Convergent

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Transform

Question 9

Plates slide past one another at ____ boundaries.

Accepted Answer

Transform

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Convergent

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Divergent

Question 10

Plate movement is caused by ____________.

Accepted Answer

convection currents in the mantle

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the rotation of the Earth

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ocean tides

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the moon's gravity

Question 11

What are the two types of crust?

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Continental and oceanic

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Thick and thin

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Ocean and basin

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Lower and upper

Question 12

What is Pangaea?

Accepted Answer

The name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago

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The name of a German scientist

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Another name for continental drift

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The name of ancient fossil

Question 13

Plate Tectonics supports the idea that all continents were once fused together called _____________ .

Accepted Answer

Pangea

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The rock cycle

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Supercontinent

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The crust

Question 14

The evidence is in ______________________, where coastlines and mountain ranges appear to fit together like a puzzle all over the world

Accepted Answer

Continental drift

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Plate Tectonics

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The Rock Cycle

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Divergent boundaries

Question 15

Oceans plates sink back into the mantle at _______________ zones, keeping the crust the same size.

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Subduction

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Mid-ocean ridges

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Ocean trenches

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Transforming

Question 16

_____________________ are undersea that are the deepest part of the ocean.

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Ocean trenches

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Divergent trenches

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Transform trenches

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Mid-ocean trenches

Question 17

A dense ball of solid iron and nickel.

Accepted Answer

inner core

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crust

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mantle

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outer core

Question 18

What is the top layer of the Earth's surface called?

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Crust

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Mantle

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Innercore

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Outercore

Question 19

Is the outer core a liquid or solid?

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liquid

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solid

Question 20

Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.

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increases

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decreases

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goes up and down depending on the layer

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stays the same

Question 21

Pressure ______________________ as you go deeper into the Earth

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increases

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decreases

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goes up or down depending on the layer

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stays the same

Question 22

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 23

Which layer contains convection currents?

Accepted Answer

mantle

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outer core

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inner core

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lithosphere

Question 24

The outer core is made up of liquid iron and nickel?

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true

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false

Question 25

Which is the correct order of the Earths layers?

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crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

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inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

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crust, inner core, outer core, mantle

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crust, mantle, inner core, outercore

Question 26

What heats material in the mantle causing the convection cycle?

Accepted Answer

The Earths Core

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Solar Radiation

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Fire

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Hard Work

Question 27

Which of these layers is ALL solid iron and nickle?

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inner core

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outer core

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lithosphere

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mesosphere

Question 28

Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's

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Asthenosphere

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Continental crust

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Oceanic crust

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Lithosphere

Question 29

Identify the letter in the diagram.  Identify letter A

Accepted Answer

Mantle

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Lithosphere

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Asthenosphere

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Outer Core

Question 30

Identify the letter in the diagram.  Identify letter F

Accepted Answer

Outer Core

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Lithosphere

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Asthenosphere

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Mantle

Question 31

Identify the letter in the diagram.  Identify letter B

Accepted Answer

Crust

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Convection Current

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Inner Core

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Outer Core

Question 32

Tectonic plates moving causes what?

Accepted Answer

Volcanos, mountain ranges, and deep ocean trenches

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Rivers, volcanoes, valleys, and fresh soil

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Volcanoes, mountain ranges, deep ocean trenches, and buildings

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Houses, rivers, buildings

Question 33

Layer 1 is the Earth's ______ core.

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Inner Core

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Outer Core

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Mantle

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Asthenosphere

Question 34

Layer 2 is the Earth's _____________.

Accepted Answer

Outer Core

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Inner Core

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Lower Mantle

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Upper Mantle

Question 35

Layer 3 is the Earth's ______ core.

Accepted Answer

Mantle

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Core

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Lithosphere

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Asthenosphere

Question 36

What layer is the thinnest?

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Crust

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Mantle

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Core

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They are all the same size

Question 37

The core is mostly made up mostly of which elements?

Accepted Answer

Nickel and Iron

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Oxygen and Silicon

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Silicon and Magnesium

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Iron and Magnesium

Question 38

Which layer of the Earth is the only liquid layer?

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Outer Core

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Inner Core

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Mantle

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Lithosphere

Question 39

Is the Lithosphere Rigid?

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 40

Structure of the Earth has how many main layers?

Accepted Answer

Three

Accepted Answer

Four

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One

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Two

Question 41

How thick is the Continental Crust

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10-70km

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Less than 7km

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90-200km

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2-15km

Question 42

Is the Oceanic Crust Old compared to the Continental Crust

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False

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True

Question 43

How many miles thick is the Mantle

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1,802

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1,800

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1,745

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1,900

Question 44

The Mantle makes up how much of the Earth's volume?

Accepted Answer

84%

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79%

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62%

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92%

Question 45

The inner core is liquid?

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False

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True

Question 46

The outer core is liquid?

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 47

Which part of the Earth's layer is responsible for the Earth's magnetic field?

Accepted Answer

Outer Core

Answer

Inner Core

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Mantle

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Crust

Question 48

Is the Outer Core 2,251 km thick?

Accepted Answer

False

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True

Question 49

What is the Outer Core mostly composed of?

Accepted Answer

Liquid Iron and Nickel

Answer

Iron

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Liquid Iron

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Liquid Nickel

Question 50

Is the temperature of the Outer Core 4,500 - 6,000 degrees celsius

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 51

Which Core is the same temperature as the Sun?

Accepted Answer

Outer Core

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Inner Core

Question 52

The Inner Core is mostly made of ?

Accepted Answer

Iron

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Nickel

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Nickel and Iron

Question 53

The temperature of the inner core is 5,220 Celsius

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 54

Why does the inner core stays solid

Accepted Answer

Pressure

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Heat

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Flow

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Circulation

Question 55

How many major plates are there?

Accepted Answer

12

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7

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14

Answer

9

Question 56

What are the plates made out of?

Accepted Answer

Lithosphere

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Asthenosphere

Answer

Crust

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Mantle

Question 57

What is below the Lithosphere ?

Accepted Answer

Asthenosphere

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Crust

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Core

Answer

Mantle

Plate Tectonics

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