Plate Tectonics and Earth's Layers Review

Question 1

The movement of the Earth's plates is known as

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plate tectonics

Question 2

Places in the Earth's crust where the molten rock of the mantle can break through are called

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volcanoes

Question 3

What are transform plate boundaries?

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Plates that slide past each other

Question 4

Which type of boundary is the San Andreas fault?

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Transform

Question 5

Trenches, mid-ocean ranges, and mountain ranges are caused by

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plate movement

Question 6

What plate boundary creates rift valleys?

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Divergent

Question 7

Himalayas and Rocky Mountains are caused by

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convergent boundaries

Question 8

The layers of the Earth that are mostly made of rocky material are the _____.

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crust and mantle

Question 9

What is the thickest layer of the earth....?

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Mantle

Question 10

What is the hottest layer of the earth...?

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Inner core

Question 11

What are convergent plate boundaries?

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Plates the move together or collide

Question 12

Transform boundary cause earthquakes

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True

Question 13

What are three types of plate boundaries?

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Divergent, convergent, transform

Question 14

What does NOT happen along plate boundaries?

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hurricanes

Question 15

Which layers are made up of mostly iron and nickel?

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inner and outer core

Question 16

What land features can be formed by a convergent plate?

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volcanoes or mountains

Question 17

Name the four layers of the Earth in order from the outside to the center of the Earth.

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Crust,Mantle ,Outer Core ,Inner Core

Question 18

Divergent boundaries are found. What happens here?

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2 plates move away from each other

Question 19

Earth's crust is not a single continuous solid land. It is broken up into pieces called....

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Tectonic Plates

Question 20

Heat energy from the Earth causes what to happen?

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plates move on the Earth's crust

Question 21

How many layers of the Earth's CORE are there?

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two

Question 22

What are divergent plate boundaries?

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Plates that move apart or divide

Question 23

The least dense layer is the

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crust

Question 24

Where are plates located?

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crust and upper mantle of the Earth

Question 25

What happens to the temperature as you travel deeper into the Earth

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Temperature increases

Question 26

Most volcanoes and earthquakes happen

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at the boundary of plates

Question 27

When tectonic plates collide sideways it forms_________.

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Earthquake

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