Earth's Layers and Tectonic Plates Test Review

Question 1

What 2 plate boundaries cause volcanos?

Accepted Answer

divergent and convergent

Question 2

tectonic plates cause hurricanes

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

What 2 layers make up the lithosphere?

Accepted Answer

crust and upper mantle

Question 4

Which about tectonic plates ARE NOT true? (3 correct answers)

Accepted Answer

tectonic plates will eventually stop moving, tectonic plates no longer move, tectonic plates move, but the continents never do

Question 5

Which layer do we live on?

Accepted Answer

crust

Question 6

Tectonic plates cause earthquakes

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

When 2 continental plates diverge, what do we get?

Accepted Answer

rift valley

Question 8

Which plate boundary causes mid ocean ridges (under water mountain ranges)?

Accepted Answer

2 oceanic plates diverging

Question 9

tectonic plates cause volcanoes

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Which describes a divergent plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Plates move away from each other and separate

Question 11

Which layer is the lithosphere?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 12

The Hawiaiian Islands are on tectonic plate boundary

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

What happens when an oceanic and continental plate converge?

Accepted Answer

the oceanic plate subducts below the continental plate

Question 14

A continental rift valley occurs where an oceanic and continental plate divide.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Which describes a transform plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Plates slide past each other

Question 16

tectonic plates cause regular ocean waves

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Which are pieces of evidence that help scientists understand plate tectonics?

Accepted Answer

rock types were the exact same type and age on different continents, fossils were the same on separate continents, continents fit together like puzzle pieces

Question 18

Which layer of the earth makes up the tectonic plates?

Accepted Answer

lithosphere

Question 19

Would it be likely for there to be an earthquake or volcano in the middle of a tectonic plate?

Accepted Answer

no

Question 20

The inner core is...

Accepted Answer

solid

Question 21

Which describes when a trench is formed?

Accepted Answer

when an oceanic plate subducts at a convergent boundary

Question 22

Which layer is the crust?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 23

The closer you are to rhe sruface of the earth, the ______ the temperature.

Accepted Answer

lower/cooler

Question 24

The Himalayan Mountains were created by...

Accepted Answer

2 continental plates converging

Question 25

Which layer of the earth is the thickest?

Accepted Answer

mantle

Question 26

Specifically, where are most active volcanoes located?

Accepted Answer

the Ring of Fire and the Pacific Ocean

Question 27

How were the Hawaiian Islands formed?

Accepted Answer

the plate they are on moved over a hot spot

Question 28

Trenches and volcanos happen together when...

Accepted Answer

an oceanic plate and a continental plate converge causing subduction

Question 29

The movement of tectonic plates is caused by...

Accepted Answer

convection currents

Question 30

Which layer is the inner core?

Accepted Answer

G

Question 31

What plate boundaries cause the most earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

transform

Question 32

Which describes a convergent plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Plates move toward each other and collide

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Earth's Layers and Tectonic Plates Test Review

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