Plate Tectonics and Earth's Surface Test

According to the Theory of Plate Tectonics, what does the Earth look like?

• The lithosphere is made up of plates.
• Plates are always moving.
• Like the shell of a hardboiled egg.
• All the above

The location where two or more plates meet, is called a...

• Crust
• Lithosphere
• Plate boundary
• Convection current

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Convection currents cause...

• The inner core to be solid
• Earthquakes
• Oceanic crust to float
• Plate movement

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Where do convection currents occur within the layers of Earth?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner core

Where is the convections currents' heat source in Earth's layers?

• Sun
• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner core

The layer of lithosphere that includes just ocean and the ocean floor is called the...

• Continental crust
• Oceanic crust
• Oceanic and continental crust
• None of these

Which will always subduct where an oceanic and continental plate collide?

• Continental crust
• Oceanic crust
• Neither
• Both

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Scientist measure plate movement by using...

• Sonar
• Radar
• Satellite photos
• Ruler on the ocean floor

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Where do earthquakes and volcanoes occur?

• Diverging plates
• Plate boundaries
• Ocean rifts
• Trenches

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What is occurring at a divergent plate boundary?

• Plate are colliding
• Plates are dividing
• Plates are sliding past each other
• None of the above