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Earth's Layers
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A science quiz to review over Earth's layers and the movement of tectonic plates.
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1
Which of these is
NOT
one of the 7 major tectonic plates?
Antarctic
Canadian
South American
Eurasian
2
The boundaries where plates meet are usually the sites of earthquakes and .....
Tornadoes
Floods
Tsunamis
Volcanoes
3
What is the name for the part of the upper mantle that the tectonic plates float on?
Lithosphere
Crust
Outer Core
Asthenosphere
4
What is the thickest layer of Earth?
Mantle
Lithosphere
Outer Core
Asthenosphere
5
The inner core has an average temperature of about...
10,000 degrees (C)
10,000 degrees (F)
2000 degrees (F)
10,000,000 degrees (F)
6
At a ______________________ boundary, plates collide into each other.
Transform Fault
Convergent
Detergent
Divergent
7
The inner core remains solid because of the tremendous amount of...
rock
metal
pressure
heat
8
At a _____________________boundary, plates slide and grind past each other.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform Fault
Transformers Fault
9
Which of these is the
ONLY
thing to most likely happen or form at a transform fault?
trenches
earthquakes
mountains
volcanoes
10
What is the name of the 52,000 mile long chain of mountains under the ocean?
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Mid-Sea -Ridge
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Pacific Rim
11
What is the name of the deepest trench in the world?
Mariana
Grand Canyon
Marinara Sauce
Great Rift Valley
12
Which tectonic plate do we live on?
The North American Plate
The Missouri Plate
South American Plate
North Murican Plate
13
What is the name of the theory that scientists use to explain plate movement?
Plate Tectonics
Tectonic Theory
Titanic Tectonics
Plate Theory
14
Earthquakes are common along ___________which are giant cracks in the earth's crust.
faults
trenches
valleys
Crustal Boo Boos
15
The lithosphere is divided into ____major plates.
10
6
5
7
16
The newest crust can be found in the....
Continents
Fault lines
Oceans
Mountains
17
This is the outermost layer of earth.
Inner Core
Outer Core
Crust
Asthenosphere
18
At a _________________ boundary, plates move away from each other.
Transform Fault
Personal Boundaries
Convergent
Divergent
19
Which of these can be formed or caused by convergent boundaries?
Volcanoes
All of these
Mountains
Earthquakes
20
Earth's surface is__________changing.
sometimes
thinking about
never
always
21
Which is the largest tectonic plate?
Eurasian Plate
Pacific Plate
Antarctic Plate
North American Plate
22
Meteoroids that burn in our atmosphere are commonly called....
Death From Above
Screaming Stars
Flying Stars
Shooting Stars
23
Which layer includes all of the crust and part of the upper mantle?
Outer Core
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Crust
24
The crust is about ____miles thick under the continents.
2000
20
200
5
25
At which type of plate boundary do the majority of earthquakes and volcanoes occur?
Where meteorites hit the earth.
Transform Fault
Convergent
Divergent
26
Which of these is
NOT
commonly formed or caused by divergent boundaries?
volcanoes
rifts
mountains
trenches
27
The word "tectonics" comes from the Greek word meaning...
big plates
slow mover
builder
land maker
28
The inner core is made mostly of which metal?
Nickel
Iron
Steel
Copper
29
The crust is about ____miles thick under the ocean.
10
20
5
100
30
The asthenosphere has a property called ___________ which means that it can flow.
Flowability
Liquidation
Plastication
Plasticity
