Quick Review of Vocab/Base Concepts

The Ring of Fire is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. What claim can be made about the Ring of Fire from this information?

• It is the only place on Earth where earthquakes can happen.

• The edges of the tectonic plates are moving in this area.

• It represents the areas where tectonic plates are the thickest.

• It has been getting larger since Earth first formed.

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What is seafloor spreading?

• Large pieces of lithosphere that move.

• Layer made up of the crust and uppermost mantle

• The super continent that existed millions of years ago

• Process by which new oceanic crust forms when magma rises up and solidifies at the mid-ocean ridge.

What is subduction?

• where one tectonic plate sinks below another

• Where two plates slide

• Where two plates divide

• Where two plates collide

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Which is the only liquid layer of the Earth

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

Which is the semi-solid (ooblik-like) layer of the Earth

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

Which is the layer that makes up the plates that move?

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

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When two Continental Plates Converge the most common natural phenomenon is

• Mountain Formation

• Earthquakes

• Tsunami

• Seafloor spreading

When a Continental Plate and an Oceanic plate Converge the most common natural phenomenon is

• Mountain Formation

• Earthquakes

• Volcano

• Seafloor spreading

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When two continental plates diverge the most common natural phenomenon to occur is

• Mountain Formation

• A Rift

• Volcano

• Seafloor spreading

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When two oceanic plates diverge the most common natural phenomenon to occur is

• Mountain Formation

• A Rift

• Volcano

• Seafloor spreading

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