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1
Which of the following compositional layer makes up the greatest percentage of Earth's Mass?
Continental Crust
Oceanic Crust
The Core
Mantle
2
What is number 2 point to?
Crust
Core
Ocean
Mantle
3
The part of the Earth that is molten is the...
Outer core
Crust
Mantle
Inner Core
4
What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
Inner Core
Outer Core
Mantle
Crust
5
What type of boundary is formed when plates collide?
Divergent
Convergent
Horizontal
Transform
6
A possible result of plate moving along a transform boundary is:
Convections
Earthquakes
Oceans
Sea-floor spreading
7
What is Number 1 Pointing to
Outer Core
Mantle
Crust
Inner Core
8
Which are
Not
part of the Lithosphere?
Mantle
Oceanic Crust
Continental Crust
Upper part of the Mantle
9
What type of plate boundary and effect are happening between South American and African plates?
Convergent, sea-floor spreading
Divergent, earthquake
Transform, earthquake
Divergent, sea-floor spreading
10
What is NOT true about Pangaea?
It was a super continent
All the Continents were fused together
It separated many years ago
It still exists today
11
Transform plate boundary movement can be described as two plates________________ each other.
sliding against
moving towards
moving away from
moving diagonal to
12
Convergent boundaries are responsible for making what type of natural events?
Mountains and Volcanoes
Islands and Volcanoes
Earthquakes and Mountains
Volcanoes and Earthquates
13
Sea-floor spreading occurs at which of the following types of tectonic plate boundaries?
Divergent
Strike-slip
Convergent
Transform
14
The United States is located on the North American Plate which moves at a rate of approximately
1.15 centimeters
1.15 millimeters
1.15 kilometers
1.15 meters
15
Which of the following did
NOT
provide evidence for continental drift?
The composition and structure of mountain ranges
The shape of the continents
Oceanic plate theory
The fossil record
16
Tectonic plates consist of:
Oceanic crust
Mesosphere
Both continental and oceanic crust
Continental crust
17
Which of the following plate collisions would most likely result in a subduction zone?
Two continental crusts meeting at a divergent boundary
Two pieces of oceanic crust meeting at a divergent boundary
Contnental and oceanic crust meetng at a convergent boundary
Contnental and oceanic crust meeting at a divergent boundary
18
What type of plate boundary is represented in the following diagram?
Transform
Convergent
Horizontal
Divergent
19
Which of the Earth’s layers has the coolest temperature?
Outer core
Crust
Mantle
Inner core
20
The correct order of the Earth’s layers listed from the outermost layer to the innermost are:
Crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
Mantle, crust, inner core, outer core
