Unit 4 Test - Earth Structures

Which plate boundary does two plates slide past each other?

• Collision

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

There are 8 major plates on the Earth's Surface

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary result in mountains and sometimes volcanoes?

• Collide

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In which boundary does plates move away from each other?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Collide

How many plates were identified in the Continental Drift Theory?

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are the two parts of the earths crust?

Who published a book explaining his continental drift theory?

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What does the Upper Mantle contain?

(There are two corrects answers)

• Lithosphere

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Asthenosphere

What layer of the Earth is responsible for Earth's magnetic field?

• Upper Mantle

• Outer Core

• Lower Mantle

• Inner Core

What is the center of the Earth called?