Earth Science 2024

The hot, plastic-like layer of Earth, made of magma. 

• Inner Core
• Mantle
• Crust
• Outer Core

The boundary between two plates that collide with one another.

• Divergent Plate Boundary
• Convergent Plate Boundary
• Transform Plate Boundary
• Subversive Plate Boundary

The boundary between two plates that pull apart from one another.

• Divergent Plate Boundary
• Convergent Plate Boundary
• Transform Plate Boundary
• Subversive Plate Boundary

The boundary between two plates that slide past one another. 

• Divergent Plate Boundary
• Convergent Plate Boundary
• Transform Plate Boundary
• Subversive Plate Boundary

When two plates collide and one plate slips below the other and down into the mantle. 

• Subduction
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Convection

What happens in a liquid or gas when the warmer parts rise and the cooler parts sink.

• Subduction
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Convection

The cooler, outer rocky shell of Earth.

• Inner Core
• Mantle
• Crust
• Outer Core

What causes tectonic plates to move along the Earth's surface?

• wind
• ocean currents
• convection in the mantle
• expansion of the Earth

What forms at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates?

• rift valley
• mountain
• mid-ocean ridge
• trench

Which type of crust is more dense?

• oceanic
• continental
• divergent
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