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Tectonic Hazards and Plate Tectonics Quiz

Authored by Lorna Cameron

Geography

10th Grade

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Tectonic Hazards and Plate Tectonics Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a tectonic hazard?

The layer of the Earth that we live on.

A section of the Earth’s crust.

A natural hazard caused by movement of tectonic plates including volcanoes and earthquakes.

The idea that the Earth’s continents were once joined together.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a tectonic plate?

The layer underneath the crust.

A section of the Earth’s crust.

The rigid outer part of the earth.

Circular pockets of heat that move in the mantle.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where do two plates meet?

Plate Margin

Asthenosphere

Lithosphere

Convection Currents

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the crust?

The layer of the Earth that we live on.

The layer underneath the crust.

The semi-solid part of the mantle.

The idea that the Earth’s continents were once joined together.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the mantle?

Circular pockets of heat that move in the mantle.

A section of the Earth’s crust.

The rigid outer part of the earth.

The layer underneath the crust.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the lithosphere?

The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

The semi-solid part of the mantle below the lithosphere.

The idea that the Earth’s continents were once joined together.

A scientific theory about the movement of Earth's lithosphere.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the asthenosphere?

The layer of the Earth that we live on.

The rigid outer part of the earth.

Semi-solid part of the mantle below the lithosphere.

A section of the Earth’s crust.

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