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Vocab Check-In #10

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The cracks in Earth's crust are called ___________.
a)
tectonic plates
b)
faults
c)
magma
d)
lava
2.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
3.

This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!

a)

New Madrid

b)

Denali Fault

c)

Ramapo Seismic Zone

d)

San Andreas Fault

4.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

5.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Slide/Transform

6.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Slide/Transform

7.

Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Alfred Wegener
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
John Dalton
8.

Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.

a)

Pandora

b)

Gandowandaland

c)

Pangea

d)

Percia

9.
Associated with transform boundaries.
a)
Volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes
10.
A location where two tectonic plates collide is known as a _________ boundary.
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Spreading
11.

Subduction means.....

a)

one plate goes under another plate

b)

two plates slide past each other

c)

two plate collide and form folded mountains

12.

An opening on the Earth's crust through which hot molten rock flows out from deep inside the Earth.

a)

Volcano

b)

Fault line

c)

Fold

d)

Crater

13.

What causes convection currents?

a)

Hot magma rises while cool magma sinks

b)

The rotation of the Earth

c)

Ocean currents pulling plates apart

d)

The spinning of the Earth's core

14.

Why does oceanic crust subduct under continental crust?

a)

Oceanic crust is thinner

b)

Oceanic crust is denser

c)

Continental crust is thinner

d)

Continental crust is denser

15.

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by

a)

Earth's magnetic fields

b)

convection currents in the mantle

c)

the oceans

d)

the Sun