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Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 4mins

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Class
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1.

inner core

a)

an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago

b)

layer of hot, soft rock in the upper mantle

c)

cold, brittle layer of Earth made up of the crust and the very top of the mantle

d)

a ball of hot, solid metals at Earth’s center of Earth, under great pressure

2.

Asthenosphere

a)

layer of hot, soft rock in the upper mantle

b)

thin layer of cool rock that covers Earth like the shell of an egg

c)

a ball of hot, solid metals at Earth’s center of Earth, under great pressure

d)

a pattern of movement of where hot materials rise and cool materials sink

3.

Outer core

a)

The theory states that Earth’s lithosphere is made up of huge plates that move over the surface of Earth.

b)

thin layer of cool rock that covers Earth like the shell of an egg

c)

a layer of liquid metals that surrounds the Earth’s inner core

d)

a ball of hot, solid metals at Earth’s center of Earth, under great pressure

4.

Crust

a)

thin layer of cool rock that covers Earth like the shell of an egg

b)

cold, brittle layer of Earth made up of the crust and the very top of the mantle

c)

a pattern of movement of where hot materials rise and cool materials sink

d)

a layer of liquid metals that surrounds the Earth’s inner core

5.

rift valley

a)

a long chain of underwater mountain ranges where tectonic plates move apart and magma rises and cools to form rock

b)

deep canyons that form in the ocean floor as a plate sinks

c)

occurs where oceanic plates move apart.

d)

a deep valley formed as tectonic plates move apart. Found along a mid-ocean ridge (located in between mid-ocean ridges)

6.

deep-ocean trench

a)

plate boundary where two plates are pushing towards each other

b)

deep canyons that form in the ocean floor as a plate sinks

c)

a long chain of underwater mountain ranges where tectonic plates move apart and magma rises and cools to form rock

d)

a deep valley formed as tectonic plates move apart. Found along a mid-ocean ridge (located in between mid-ocean ridges)

7.

magma

a)

molten (melted) rock that reaches Earth’s surface

b)

Earth’s thickest layer, made up of hot rock, surrounding the outer core

c)

molten (melted) rock located in Earth’s interior

d)

Supercontinent of all continents together