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1/28 Friday Quiz Earth's Crust/Tectonic Plates

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one is NOT a layer of the earth's crust?

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a)

Troposphere

b)

Crust

c)

Inner Core

d)

Mantle

2.

What is the name for when two plates COLLIDE?

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a)

Transform

b)

Divergent

c)

Convergent

d)

Connecticut

3.

What is the name for when two plates DIVIDE?

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a)

Transform

b)

Convergent

c)

Dinosaurs

d)

Divergent

4.

What's the name for when two plates SLIDE past each other?

a)

Transform

b)

Convergent

c)

Divergent

d)

Transparent

5.

What is the OUTER layer of the Earth called?

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a)

Core

b)

Crust

c)

Divergent

d)

Mantle

6.

What is the thickest layer (the layer that has magma in it) of the Earth called?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle (lithosphere)

c)

Core

d)

Divergent

7.

Which layer is as hot as the surface of the sun?

a)

Crust

b)

Core

c)

Mantle

d)

Pizza crust

8.

What forms at a DIVERGENT plate boundary?

a)

valley

b)

mountains

c)

lakes/rivers

d)

earthquake


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9.

What plate boundary would have formed this mountain range?

a)

Transform

b)

Convergent

c)

Divergent

10.

What plate boundary would form a VALLEY (or ridge)?

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a)

Transform

b)

Convergent

c)

Divergent

11.

What plate boundary would form a VOLCANO?

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a)

Transform

b)

Convergent

c)

Divergent

12.

What frequently forms along the tectonic plate lines?

a)

Trees

b)

Lakes & Rivers

c)

Land bridges

d)

Volcanoes

13.

What is a stress?

a)

A push or pull

b)

A jump or dip

c)

a skip or a jump

d)

A change in shape

14.

This is a change in shape due to a stress.

a)

a sprain

b)

a strain

c)

a trip

d)

a divergent zone

15.

Tension is a...

a)

trees growing in divergent zones

b)

Stretching of rock

c)

A compression of rock making it thinner

d)

a twisting of rock

16.

This is a force placed horizontally in opposite directions.

a)

Shearing

b)

torsion

c)

torsion

d)

tension

17.

In which direction is the curve of an anticline?

a)

umm... Open?

b)

Sideways

c)

Upwards

d)

Both limbs are horizontal

18.

This type of deformation opens downward

a)

Syncline

b)

Anticline

c)

Monocline

d)

Straightline

19.

This type of deformation looks like an "S" where the two limbs are horizontal.

a)

Monopine

b)

Monocline

c)

Syncline

d)

Anticline