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Duplicate of Plate Tectonics
Duplicate of Plate Tectonics
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The Earth has this many layers:
8
2
4
6
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This type of crust is least dense and thickest:
Continental Crust
Mantle Crust
Core Crust
Oceanic Crust
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Convection Currents are found in this layer:
Inner Core
Mantle
Crust
Outer Core
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True or False: The United States is currently moving West.
False
True
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This is the outermost layer of the Earth:
Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
Mantle
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This layer is least dense:
Outer Core
Mantle
Inner Core
Crust
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This part of the Upper Mantle contains convection currents:
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Inner Core
Hawaii
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This location sits on a hot spot:
California
Maine
Yellowstone National Park
Hawaii
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The Continental Drift Hypothesis was first proposed by:
Mr. Gross
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
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When two plates are moving toward each other, it is this type of boundary:
Plastic
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
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The idea that the continents are drifting around on Earth's surface was first called the:
Wandering Earth Theory
Continental Drift Hypothesis
Drifting Earth Hypothesis
Continental Drift Theory
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Rift Valleys are found at this type of boundary:
Divergent
Transform
Saturnalian
Convergent
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Tectonic Plates are made of this:
Asthenosphere
Crust
Lithosphere
Mantle
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This part of the upper mantle combines with the crust to make the:
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Yellowstone
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Wegener proposed that the continents were once joined in a large land mass called:
Giant Panda
Largelandmassia
Pangaea
Rodinia
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This is a type of plate boundary (where two plates meet):
Transform
Convergent
Metallic
Divergent
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When a plate descends or drops into the mantle, it is known as this:
Subduction
Submarine
Mantlitis
Redirection
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Two plates sliding past each other (like in California) is this type of boundary:
Convergent
Excellent
Transform
Divergent
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This is the inner-most layer of the Earth:
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Crust
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This type of crust is the most dense and thinnest:
Mantle Crust
Continental Crust
Core Crust
Oceanic Crust
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Mountain Ranges like the Himalayas (Mt. Everest) are made at this type of boundary:
Transform
Divergent
Continental-Continental Convergent
Continental-Oceanic Convergent
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This layer is most dense:
Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
Mantle
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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is this type of boudary:
Moonish
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
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This layer is made of liquid Iron and Nickel:
Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
Mantle