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1
What are plates E and F?
North America and South America
North American and Eurasian
Antarctic and Indo-Australian
Eurasian and African
2
How do the formations differ at the following plate boundaries?
A forms volcanic islands/B forms volcanic mountain ranges
A forms trenches/B forms volcanoes
They're exactly the same.
A forms volcanoes/B forms trenches
3
What plates are A and D?
Nazca and Antarctic
Pacific and Eurasian
African and Australian
Pacific and North American
4
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5
When plates converge and subduction happens, what other landforms are created?
trenches
ridges
basins
rift-valley
6
Where on the map is a subduction zone that forms the Alaskan Aleutian Islands?
A & B
C2 & D2
C1 & D1
G & F
7
The layers of the Earth are:
outer core, inner core, mantle, crust
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
8
What type of rock is formed from magma from a volcano?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Sediment
Metamorphic
9
Which answer choice correctly classifies the layers of the earth pictured below?
A-crust/B-mantle/C-outer core/D-inner core
A-inner core/B-outer core/C-mantle/D-crust
A-mantle/B-outer core/C-inner core/D-crust
10
What type of rock forms deep inside Earth when it's close to this magma pool and becomes hot?
sedimentary
granite
igneous
metamorphic
11
The three types or rock are:
lava, magma, flint
igneous, sediment, magma
metamorphic, igneous, sediment
sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic
12
Igneous rock is created from:
heat and pressure
weathering and layers
heat and cooling
13
What type of rock forms when this magma cools and hardens deep inside Earth?
metamorphic
intrusive igneous
extrusive igneous
sedimentary
14
What is plate A?
African
Pacific
North American
Indo-Australian
15
What type of rock is formed from magma from a volcano?
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sediment
Sedimentary
16
Metamorphic rock is created from:
Heat and cooling
weathering and layers
Heat and pressure
17
Which answer choice correctly classifies the rock cycle pictured below?
1-metamorphic/2-sedimentary/3-igneous
1-metamorphic/2-igneous/3-sedimentary
1-igneous/2-sedimentary/3-metamorphic
1-igneous/2-sedimentary/3-igneous
18
What rock type will likely form on the ocean floor after years of cementation and compaction?
igneous
sedimentary
oceanic
metamorphic
19
What forms at subduction zones?
hurricanes & tornadoes
rocks & volcanoes
volcanoes & hurricanes
volcanoes & trenches
20
The California San Andreas Fault is a transform boundary. What commonly occurs due to this?
volcanoes
tsunamis
landslides
earthquakes
21
What is the diagram below showing?
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
22
Which layer is the lithosphere?
D
B
A
C
23
What causes the volcanoes & trench to form at this boundary?
Plate convergence
Transforming
Plate divergence
Metamorphic
24
What type of rock will form when the lava from this volcano cools & solidifies?
metamorphic
intrusive igneous
sedimentary
extrusive igneous
