Tectonic Land Masses

Large Landmasses are called _______

• mountains

• continents

The super continent of ______ was connected to the other continents.

• Pangea

• North America

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The movement of tectonic plates is due to ________________.

• convection currents in the mantle

• magnetic reversal

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It is true that the Earth's plates________

• are made of melted rock that can be seen where the plates are not covered by soil, loose rocks, or water.

• made of solid rock that can be seen where the plates are not covered by soil, loose rocks, or water

It is TRUE about rocks that ___________.

• Rocks can be solid, liquid, or in a slightly softened form.

• Rocks are always either solid or are in a slightly softened form

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It is TRUE about Earth’s plates that _________.

• They are separated by oceans

• They fit closely together with each plate touching all the plates that are next to it

What is TRUE about the layer directly below the Earth's plates?

• It is mostly slightly softened rock.

• It is mostly solid rock

Which of the following causes the inner core to remain solid?

• high pressure

• high temperature

What are the two sources of thermal energy in Earth’s interior?

• gravity and radioactive decay

• solar heating and gravity

How are tsunamis, earthquakes and plate movement related?

• Plate movement causes earthquakes which causes tsunamis.

• Earthquakes cause plate movement which causes tsunamis.

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