Physical Geography Test Review

The movement of Earth's plates, which moved our continents to different places, is called:

• Sedimentation

• Continental Drift

• Oceanic Shift

• Rolling Plates

What is the term for plates pushing against each other, causing mountains to form?

• Mountain Boundaries

• Transform Boundaries

• Divergent Boundaries

• Convergent Boundaries

The boundary where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other, forming new crust, is called:

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Plate Tectonics

• Soil Erosion

What is the term for one plate being forced below another plate?

• Valleys

• Collision

• Subduction

• Oceanic Crust

What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another?

• Subduction

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

Tectonic plates are made up of rigid slabs of _______, the outermost layer of Earth's surface.

• Atmosphere

• Ozone

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

The core of the planet is thought to be a solid ball of iron and nickel.

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

• Crust

• Mantle

The _____ is a very thin layer of the earth. It is constantly being altered by weather and land movement.

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

• Crust

• Mantle

The Earth's _____ is made up of both solid and liquid rock due to extreme heat.

• Crust

• Inner core

• Outer core

• Mantle

What are the two types of earth's crust?

• Magma and igneous

• Rocks and soil

• Oceanic and continental

• Mountains and volcanoes