Day #25: Convection Currents and Earthquakes (Homework)

Similar to the Mantle of the Earth, heat from the core causes the movement of magma in a circular motion. What is the names of this movement?

• condensation
• conduction
• convection
• radiation

Which of the following moves allowing the tectonic plates to move?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Movement of Earth's crust along tectonic plates produces

• fronts
• tides
• hurricanes
• earthquakes

The feature indicated by the arrow most likely occurred as a result of

• earthquake activity
• cementation
• sedimentation
• volcanic eruption

Earth’s surface has a relatively thin, solid outer shell called the

• atmosphere
• mantle
• lithosphere
• outer core

Most of Earth's major earthquakes are caused by

• seasonal heating and cooling of Earth's surface
• weathering of rock at Earth's surface
• Earth's gravitational attraction to the Moon
• collisions of rock in Earth's crust

Earthquakes are caused primarily by the movement of

• tectonic plates
• Earth in its orbit
• planetary winds
• rock by erosion

Which of the following fossils would not be found on both South America and Africa?

• Cynognathus
• Glossopteris
• Lystrosaurus
• Mesosaurus