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1
What is the name of the outer layer of the Earth called?
Mantle
Core
Crust
Magma
2
Name the two main fast processes.
tsunamis
floods
volcanic eruptions
earthquakes
3
What is the name of the huge landmass that was made up of all of the continents?
Ranges
Pangaea
Eurasia
Plate tectonics
4
Why do they call the edges of the Pacific Plate, the Ring of Fire?
It is shaped like a ring.
Pele visits there daily.
There are many volcanoes, eruptions, and earthquakes.
It's outlined in red.
5
Which land feature forms where two continents move toward each other?
oceans
mountain
trenches
glaciers
6
What can form when a continental plate converges with an oceanic plate?
valleys
trenches
volcanoes
glaciers
7
What plate is the Hawaiian Islands on?
North American Plate
Pacific Plate
African Plate
Eurasian Plate
8
The San Andreas Fault is a transform boundary. What kind of activity is common there?
Earthquakes
Mountain ranges
Landslides
Volcanic eruptions
9
As science technology improved, the Continental Drift Theory became known as
Pangaea
Plate Tectonics
Hot Spot Theory
Plate Technology
10
What is the name of the theory that explains how the Hawaiian Islands were formed?
How the Islands Were Formed?
Mo'olelo o Maui
Hot Spot Theory
Mo'olelo o Pele
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How do transform plates move?
grind
pull apart
slide in opposite directions
collide
12
What can form when 2 continental plates converge?
Landslides
Mountain ranges
Valleys
Glaciers
13
How do divergent plates move?
grind
sink
pull apart
collide
14
When cities or countries have strong earthquakes, they are found . . .
near the boundary of a continent and ocean.
near the boundary of two continents.
in the middle of the ocean.
in the middle of continents.
15
What causes earthquakes at transform boundaries?
Plates move away from each other.
Plates move toward each other.
Plates move alongside each other.
Plates move on the dinner table.
16
What can form when plates diverge?
Valleys
Earthquakes
Mid-oceanic seafloor and ridges
Sinkholes
17
Name two other fast processes.
landslides
thunder
lightning
tsunamis
18
What is the center of the Earth called?
Seed
Core
Mantle
Crust
19
How do convergent plates move?
collide
grind
jump
pull apart
20
What is the middle layer of the Earth called?
Mantle
Crust
Core
Pangaea
