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Earth's Layers and Tectonics
Earth's Layers and Tectonics
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What type of boundary is formed when plates slide past each other?
transform
divergent
horizontal
convergent
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What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?
boundary
a rift zone
collision
mid-ocean ridge
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At mid-ocean ridges,
sea-floor spreading occurs.
the crust is older.
tectonic plates are colliding.
oceanic lithosphere is destroyed.
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A possible result of plates moving along a transform boundary is
earthquakes
oceans
convection
sea-floor spreading
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What is the liquid layer of the Earth's core called?
inner core
lithosphere
outer core
mesosphere
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According to the continental drift theory, a single, huge continent once existed called
Eurasia
Panthalassa
Pangaea
Wegener
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Tectonic plates consist of
transform boundaries
both continental and oceanic crust
continental crust
mesosphere
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Evidence for sea-floor spreading has come from
the breakup of Pangaea
fossils in South America and Africa
ancient climatic conditions
magnetic minerals on the ocean floor
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The deep interior of the Earth can be mapped using
ocean waves
sonar
seismic waves
information from drilling expeditions
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What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?
horizontal
transform
divergent
convergent
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Where does sea-floor spreading take place?
convergent boundaries
mid-ocean ridges
oceanic volcanoes
transform boundaries
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Which of these did NOT provide evidence for continental drift?
ocean plate theory
the fossil record
puzzle-life fit of continents
magnetic reversals
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What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
mesosphere
asthenosphere
core
lithosphere
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What type of boundary is formed when plates collide?
divergent
horizontal
convergent
transform
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New oceanic lithosphere forms as a result of
sea-floor spreading
normal polarity
reverse polarity
continental drift