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The _____________ is the solid, dense center of our planet.

• outer core

• lithosphere

• inner core

• core

There are two types of crust—.

• continental and oceanic

• land and water

• lithosphere and asthenosphere

• mesosphere and asthenosphere

The mountain shown is composed of deformed sedimentary layers. They are located near a tectonic plate boundary and are still increasing in elevation due to — S6E5f

• colliding tectonic plates

• subduction of a tectonic plate

• seafloor spreading of tectonic plates

• transform faulting of a tectonic plate

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A group of students create different models showing the movement of lithospheric plates. One student creates this model. 6SE5f

• Fault

• Trench

• Rift Valley

• River Plain

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The primary cause of continental drift, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions is S6E5f

• the rotation of Earth on its axis

• heat from the Sun warming Earth

• the gradual sinking of Earth’s crust

• lithospheric plates beneath Earth’s crust

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The most common cause of earthquakes is — S6E5f

• the sinking of the ocean floor

• movements in the Earth’s crust

• giant tidal waves called tsunamis

• unequal heating of the atmosphere

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When Joe saw the Rocky Mountains for the first time, he exclaimed, "These mountains are much younger than ours back East!" Explain which feature supports his conclusion that the Rockies were relatively young mountains. S6E5f

• · The mountains back east have flatter tops and have been eroded longer, so

  they are older.

• · Difference between old mountains and young mountains is the level of erosion within the entire mountain range- the Rocky Mountains are young because they are rugged, with very little signs of erosion.

• · Rocky Mountains resulted from compressional folding and high angle upfaulting that eroded into hogback ridges.

• · Rocky Mountains have attributes of high elevations with many peaks exceeding 13,000 feet

• Rocky Mountains known as the "Rockies" are part of a great mountain belt that stretches down the western sides of North and South America. Rocky Mountains have attributes of high elevations with many peaks exceeding 13,000 feet. Rocky Mountains resulted from compressional folding and high angle upfaulting that eroded into hogback ridges. Difference between old mountains and young mountains is the level of erosion within the entire mountain range- the Rocky Mountains are young because they are rugged, with very little signs of erosion. These mountains are still uplifted due to tectonic forces. The mountains back east have flatter tops and have been eroded longer, so

  they are older.

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The diagram shows a tectonic plate boundary.

What is the BEST explanation for what will most

likely occur at this type of plate boundary?

• Mountains will form because there is compression and rock folding.

• Thermal vents will form because of magma flowing up under high pressure.

• Volcanic eruptions will occur because the plates slide paste each other.

• Earthquakes will occur when the two different plates slide pass each other.

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The diagram illustrates Earth's major tectonic

plates.

Which type of landforms are most likely to be

found along the dark lines?

• glaciers

• deltas

• volcanoes

• plains

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What causes mountains to form?

• two oceanic plates colliding at a convergent

  boundary

• two continental plates spreading at a divergent

  boundary

• two oceanic plates spreading at a divergent

  boundary

• two continental plates colliding at a convergent

  boundary

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