Cont. Unit 1: The Restless Earth

What is the term for the timeline of Earth's history, divided into eons, eras, periods, and epochs?

• Convergent Boundaries

• Geologic Time

• Landforms

• Convection Currents

Which type of tectonic boundary involves plates moving toward each other, often causing mountain formation, volcanoes, and trenches.

• Divergent Boundaries

• Transform Boundaries

• Convergent Boundaries

• Uplift

What occurs at divergent boundaries?

• Earthquakes

• Formation of new crust

• Mountain formation

• Uplift

Which type of boundary is characterized by tectonic plates sliding past each other?

• Convergent Boundaries

• Divergent Boundaries

• Transform Boundaries

• Convection Currents

What are natural features of the Earth's surface, such as mountains, valleys, and plateaus, called?

• Volcanoes

• Landforms

• Convection Currents

• Geologic Time

What is an opening in the Earth's crust through which molten rock, ash, and gases are ejected?

• Uplift

• Convection

• Volcano

• Transform Boundary

What is the process by which Earth's crust is raised due to tectonic forces?

• Uplift

• Convection

• Divergent Boundaries

• Geologic Time

What is the transfer of heat through fluids by the movement of the fluid itself called? This occurs in the mantle.

• Convection

• Convergent Boundaries

• Transform Boundaries

• Landforms

What are convection currents?

• The process of mountain formation

• The circular movement of fluids caused by heating and cooling

• The timeline of Earth's history

• Areas where tectonic plates slide past each other

Which of the following is NOT a type of tectonic boundary?

• Convergent Boundaries

• Divergent Boundaries

• Transform Boundaries

• Geologic Time