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Earth's Layers & Plate Tectonics
Earth's Layers & Plate Tectonics
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1
About _ years ago, the land masses of Earth were joined to make the super continent Pangea ?
25 million
250 thousand
250 million
250
2
Convection currents cause ___.
plate movement
mountains
earthquakes
volcanoes
3
This is a picture of
transform boundary
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
4
___ was the first to propose the Continental Drift Theory.
Louis Pasteur
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
Robert Hooke
5
The Earth’s crust is broken into plates that move around is the ____ theory,
modern
pangea
continental drift
fossil
6
This is a picture of
convergent boundary
transform boundary
divergent boundary
7
What forms mountain ranges?
erosion & weathering
compressional forces
reversals of Earth’s magnetic field
divergent boundaries
8
The Earth’s crust and the very top layer of the mantle form this rock layer is the ____.
mesosphere
core
lithosphere
asthenosphere
9
The ___ layer of the earth is made up of mostly Iron and Nickel and has 2 layers.
crust
core
mantle
10
Approximately ______ years ago, the land masses of Earth were clustered into Pangea.
250 million
250 thousand
250
250 billion
11
Which example below is a type of land form feature?
ocean
trench
mountain
plate
12
The inner most layer of the earth is ____.
core
mantle
crust
13
One piece of evidence that supports the theory of plate tectonics is
air quality
fossils
climate
precipitation
14
This is a picture of
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
transform boundary
15
Plates ________ causing changes in the sizes, shapes and positions of Earth’s continents.
connect
float
break
stick
16
North America has gradually grown in size over the past 4 billion years.
There is no evidence to support either claim
True
False
17
The outer most layer of the earth is the ___.
core
mantle
crust
18
_ is when crust forms because magma pushes up and hardens in the rift zone between separations.
mountains
volcanoes
earthquakes
sea floor spreading
19
Transform boundaries neither create or destroy new crust.
True
False
20
How can crust disappear at the edge of a boundary?
gravity is pulling it down
new crust is being added to the other edge of the boundary
outer edge of the boundary is being pulled into Earth’s core
it is too dense and is sinking into Earth
21
Plates float on the surface of our Earth.
False
True
22
The ____ layer of the earth is made up of solid rock made of mostly Silicon and Oxygen.
asthenosphere
crust
core
mantle
23
Convergent boundaries form ____.
trenches
mountains
earthquakes
volcanoes
24
The ___ layer of the Earth is the most dense layer.
mantle
core
crust