Worksheets1/28 Friday Quiz Earth's Crust/Tectonic Plates
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which one is NOT a layer of the earth's crust?
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Troposphere
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
What is the name for when two plates COLLIDE?
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Transform
Divergent
Convergent
Connecticut
What is the name for when two plates DIVIDE?
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Transform
Convergent
Dinosaurs
Divergent
What's the name for when two plates SLIDE past each other?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Transparent
What is the OUTER layer of the Earth called?
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Core
Crust
Divergent
Mantle
What is the thickest layer (the layer that has magma in it) of the Earth called?
Crust
Mantle (lithosphere)
Core
Divergent
Which layer is as hot as the surface of the sun?
Crust
Core
Mantle
Pizza crust
What forms at a DIVERGENT plate boundary?
valley
mountains
lakes/rivers
earthquake
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What plate boundary would have formed this mountain range?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
What plate boundary would form a VALLEY (or ridge)?
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Transform
Convergent
Divergent
What plate boundary would form a VOLCANO?
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Transform
Convergent
Divergent
What frequently forms along the tectonic plate lines?
Trees
Lakes & Rivers
Land bridges
Volcanoes
What is a stress?
A push or pull
A jump or dip
a skip or a jump
A change in shape
This is a change in shape due to a stress.
a sprain
a strain
a trip
a divergent zone
Tension is a...
trees growing in divergent zones
Stretching of rock
A compression of rock making it thinner
a twisting of rock
This is a force placed horizontally in opposite directions.
Shearing
torsion
torsion
tension
In which direction is the curve of an anticline?
umm... Open?
Sideways
Upwards
Both limbs are horizontal
This type of deformation opens downward
Syncline
Anticline
Monocline
Straightline
This type of deformation looks like an "S" where the two limbs are horizontal.
Monopine
Monocline
Syncline
Anticline
