Quiz about Earth Science 2024

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Mantle

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Inner Core

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Crust

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Outer Core

Question 2

The boundary between two plates that collide with one another.

Accepted Answer

Convergent Plate Boundary

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Divergent Plate Boundary

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Transform Plate Boundary

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Subversive Plate Boundary

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Divergent Plate Boundary

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Convergent Plate Boundary

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Transform Plate Boundary

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Subversive Plate Boundary

Question 4

The boundary between two plates that slide past one another.

Accepted Answer

Transform Plate Boundary

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Divergent Plate Boundary

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Convergent Plate Boundary

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Subversive Plate Boundary

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Subduction

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Erosion

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Deposition

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Convection

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Convection

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Subduction

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Erosion

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Deposition

Question 7

The cooler, outer rocky shell of Earth.

Accepted Answer

Crust

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Inner Core

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Mantle

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Outer Core

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

convection in the mantle

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wind

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ocean currents

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expansion of the Earth

Question 9

What forms at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates?

Accepted Answer

mid-ocean ridge

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rift valley

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mountain

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trench

Question 10

Which type of crust is more dense?

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oceanic

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continental

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divergent

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pizza

Question 11

P Waves can travel through..

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Solids and liquids

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Solids only

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Liquids only

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Solids and gasses

Question 12

Which can S waves travel through?

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Solids only

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Liquids only

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Solids and liquids

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Solids and gases

Question 13

Where do most landforms form?

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On plate boundaries

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In the middle of plates

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It's random

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The southern hemisphere

Question 14

What causes our plates to move around the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Convection Currents

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Heat from the Sun

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Heat from Global Warming

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Heat from microwaves in space

Question 15

Which two of the following are evidence that our continents were once connected as a huge continent called Pangea?

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The same fossils found at multiple continents

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Mountain ranges line up in multiple continents

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Similar vegetation found in the present day on multiple continents

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Similar culture found in the present day across multiple continents

Question 16

Where do we find fossils?

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary Rocks

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Metamorphic Rocks

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Igneous Rocks

Question 17

Seafloor spreading produces

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New Crust

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Old Crust

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Trenches

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Hotspots

Question 18

As earthquake waves travel deeper into the crust, they start to act differently. Why?

Accepted Answer

The density and state of matter of the layers makes the waves refract, reflect, and absorb.

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The heat increases the further down you go so they will be absorbed.

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The heat from the sun causes the waves to stay close to the surface.

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The heat from global warming makes the waves travel in circles.

Question 19

Mountains, volcanoes, and trenches form at..

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Convergent boundaries

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Divergent boundaries

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Transform boundaries

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Stike Slip Faults

Question 20

Ridges (seafloor spreading) occurs at...

Accepted Answer

Divergent Boundaries

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Convergent Boundaries

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Transform Boundaries

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Stike Slip Faults

Question 21

The transfer of heat from the core into the mantle that causes the magma to push upward and back down toward the core as it cools.

Accepted Answer

Convection currents

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Lithospheric Cycles

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Atmospheric Cycles

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Hydrospheric Currents

Question 22

The pieces of Earth's crust that compose the lithosphere

Accepted Answer

Tectonic plates

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Core

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Asthenosphere

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Fault

Question 23

Which physical layer of the upper upper part of the mantle consists of molten rock that flows slowly?

Accepted Answer

asthenosphere

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lithosphere

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inner core

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mesosphere

Question 24

Which pathway CANNOT be taken by an igneous rock?

Accepted Answer

compaction and cementation

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melting

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weathering and erosion

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heat and pressure

Question 25

What name is given to the type of crust that is primarily made up of basalt and is found at the bottom of the oceans?

Accepted Answer

Oceanic Crust

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Divergent Crust

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Lithospheric Crust

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Continental Crust

Question 26

Earthquakes mostly occur on boundary lines. Which of these does NOT produce earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

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Convergent

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Transform

Question 27

Newer crust can be found where?

Accepted Answer

By a Mid Ocean Ridge

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By a Subduction Zone

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By Seafloor Spreading

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By Mountains

Question 28

Which layer of the Earth is believed to be liquid?

Accepted Answer

Outer Core

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Crust

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Mantle

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Inner Core

Question 29

The Hawaiian Islands were formed in the middle of the Pacific Plate because magma came up to the surface. As it built up, it created islands. What do we call this?

Accepted Answer

Hotspots

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Volcanoes

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Fault Zones

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Epicenter

Earth Science 2024

29 questions

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

The boundary between two plates that collide with one another.

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

The boundary between two plates that slide past one another.

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

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

The cooler, outer rocky shell of Earth.

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

What forms at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates?

Which type of crust is more dense?

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