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The Changing Earth
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Plate tectonics and the layers of the Earth
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What are Earth's layers from the center to the surface?
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
mantle, crust, inner core, outer core
inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
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A continental-continental collision causes
oceanic-oceanic subduction to occur
volcanoes to form
mountain ranges to form
oceanic-continental subduction to occur
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A chain of volcanic islands form in the direction of plate movement at a
ocean trench
subduction
mid ocean ridge
hot spot
4
As an oceanic plate melts into the asthenosphere below a continental plate, it creates
mid ocean ridges
volcanoes
rift valleys
hot spots
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A tectonic plate is a slab of Earth's
outer core
inner core
lithosphere
asthenosphere
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Which of Earth's layers makes up the center of the Earth?
inner core
outer core
crust
mantle
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Which of these would make the best model of the Earth's crust?
an egg yolk
a loaf of bread
a peach pit
an egg shell
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New crust forms along a(n)
transform boundary
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
ocean trench
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Earth's magnetic reversals are recorded in
the mantle
sea-floor rock
deep ocean trenches
hot spots
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Which of these did Wegener use to support continental drift?
spreading on the ocean floor
similar rocks on different continents
stripes in the sea floor rock
convection currents in the lithospere
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The process of one plate sinking below another is called
hot spot
rift valley
subduction
trench
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A gap formed where plates move apart and new crust is formed is called a
rift valley
volcano
mid ocean ridge
ocean trench
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Movement of the Earth's plates is similar to
sponges floating on boiling water
a cake rising in an oven
a blanket being folded
an egg in its shell
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Two plates scrape past each other at
convergent boundaries
transform boundaries
subduction boundaries
divergent boundaries
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As oceanic plates move apart and new crust rises up, a mountain chain forms called the
rift valley
mid ocean ridge
volcano
ocean trench