Lab Safety Quiz

What keeps the mantle in a liquid state?

• Intense heat from the core

• Pressure from the crust

• Cooling from the atmosphere

• Gravity from the moon

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Which layer of the Earth is broken up into tectonic plates?

• Core

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

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What is the role of magma in the tectonic plate diagram?

• It forms the oceanic crust

• It forms the continental crust

• It is involved in volcanic activity

• It creates trenches

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Which type of tectonic plate is primarily composed of granitic rock?

• Oceanic

• Continental

• Both

• Neither

What geological features are formed at divergent plate boundaries?

• Mountains and island arcs

• Mid-oceanic ridges and rift valleys

• Earthquakes and faults

• Deserts and plateaus

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What is a key process at convergent plate boundaries?

• Subduction

• Seafloor spreading

• Rift valley formation

• Faulting

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Which of the following is a result of subduction at convergent boundaries?

• Rift valleys

• Earthquakes

• Mid-oceanic ridges

• Deserts

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What causes magma to rise towards the lithosphere?

• Cooling of the earth's surface

• Heating by the earth's core

• Oceanic currents

• Wind patterns

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What is the process called when oceanic plates are forced apart by rising magma?

• Subduction

• Seafloor spreading

• Erosion

• Sedimentation

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What is the subduction zone?

• A place where oceanic plates rise

• A place where oceanic plates sink into the continental plate

• A place where magma evaporates

• A place where wind patterns change

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