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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which layer of the Earth is made of iron and some nickel?
crust
mantle
core
In what layer does convection occur?
Crust
Mantle
Inner core
Shell
What type of plate boundary is shown here?
divergent
convergent
transform fault
divergent and transform
Which of the following events DOES NOT occur in a DIVERGENT boundary?
rift valley formation
shallow earthquake
volcanism
formation of a trench
When the subducting plate reaches the hot mantle, the rocks melt and turn into viscous material. This is a characteristic of which type of plate movement?
divergent
convergent
transform
all of these
What type of boundary is this?
convergent
divergent
transform
What type of boundary is this?
convergent
divergent
transform
Two plates scrape and slide past each other at
convergent boundaries
divergent boundaries
transform boundaries
magnetic boundaries
New crust forms along a(n)
subduction zone
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
transform boundary
___________, meaning "all land," is the name of the great landmass that existed millions of years ago.
lithosphere
Pangaea
subduction zone
tectonic
Wegener
A __________ plate is a large slab of crust and upper mantle that moves over the earth's surface.
lithosphere
Pangaea
subduction zone
tectonic
Wegener
____________ is a shaking of the Earth's crust due to crustal plate movements.
flooding
volcanic
earthquake
drought
