Unit 6: Plate Techs, Landforms, and Plate Boundaries Vocab Quiz

What is the rigid outer layer of the Earth called, consisting of the crust and uppermost part of the mantle?

• Mantle
• Inner Core
• Lithosphere
• Outer Core

Which layer of the Earth lies between the crust and the core, composed mainly of silicate rocks?

• Mantle
• Outer Core
• Inner Core
• Asthenosphere

What is the solid, innermost part of the Earth primarily composed of iron and nickel?

• Mantle
• Outer Core
• Lithosphere
• Inner Core

What is the layer of the Earth beneath the mantle, composed of liquid iron and nickel?

• Mantle
• Inner Core
• Lithosphere
• Outer core

The boundary between the Earth's crust and the mantle, where seismic waves change velocity, is known as what?

• Mantle
• Moho
• Asthenosphere
• Tectonic Plates

What are circular currents in the mantle caused by the heating and cooling of magma called?

• Convergent Boundaries
• Convection Currents
• Transform Boundaries
• Stress

Large, rigid pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with one another are known as what?

• Tectonic Plates
• Fault Block
• Ring of Fire
• Seismic Waves

What is the partially molten layer of the Earth's mantle beneath the lithosphere where convection currents occur?

• Asthenosphere
• Outer Core
• Inner Core
• Moho

Boundaries between tectonic plates where they are moving towards each other are called what?

• Convergent Boundaries
• Transform Boundaries
• Seismic Waves
• Epicenter

Boundaries between tectonic plates where they slide past each other horizontally are known as what?

• Convergent Boundaries
• Transform Boundaries
• Stress
• Fault Block