General Science - Earthquake and Volcanoes

Mount St. Helen volcano was located in which state?

• Oregon
• Hawaii
• Washington

Mount St. Helen volcano eruption happened in which year?

• 1980
• 2080
• 1890

The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located?

• Near continents
• Far from mid-ocean ridges
• At mid-ocean ridges

The crust and upper mantle make up Earths ____

• core
• continents
• lithosphere

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Scientist have observed that the plates move at rates raging from 1cm to 12cm per____

• decade
• year
• century

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Plates of lithosphere float on the _____

• Asthenosphere
• Atmosphere
• core

The result of plate movement can be seen at___

• Abyssal
• Plate centers
• boundaries

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The ____ are mountains by the collision of the Indo-Australia Plate and the Eurasian Plate

• Appalachians
• Himalaya
• Rockies

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The presence of the same ___ on several continents supports the hypothesis of continental drift

• Fossils
• Rocks
• Both Fossils and Rocks

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The presence of the same___ on several continents supports the hypothesis of continental drift

• Rocks
• Fossils
• Both rocks and fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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