Glencoe Red Science Chapter 10 Forces Shaping Earth

Question 1

True or False: The largest part of Earth's interior is the mantle.

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True

Question 2

The slab-pull theory says the plates move away from the mid-ocean ridges and become

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cooler

Question 3

type of plate collision in which plates have similar densities, so they buckle and fold

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continental-continental collisions

Question 4

The ridge-push theory says that plate movement occurs at

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mid-ocean ridges

Question 5

Type of plate collision that involves subduction and deep ocean trenches

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oceanic-oceanic collisions

Question 6

Lithosphere is the scientific name for

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upper mantle

Question 7

One plate sinking underneath another plate is called subduction.

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True

Question 8

A mid-ocean ride froms when plate separate.

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True

Question 9

When one plate sinks underneath another plate, this is called...

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subduction

Question 10

Earthquakes occur at this kind of plate boundary

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sliding plates

Question 11

Starting from the CENTER of Earth, what is the correct order of the Earth's layers?

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Inner core, outer core, mantle, upper mantle, crust

Question 12

A result of moving plates is that continents remain in the same location over time.

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False

Question 13

Asthenosphere is the scientific name for

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mantle

Question 14

Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Popocateptl are examples of which type of mountains?

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volcanic

Question 15

Older mountains such as the Appalachian Mountains are lower and more rounded because of

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erosion

Question 16

mountains formed by the folding of rock layers and caused by compressive forces

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folded

Question 17

As depth increases to the center of the Earth, temperature decreases.

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False

Question 18

theory says uneven heating, different densities & cycling of materials cause plate movement

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convection

Question 19

Plates move apart, causing a mid-ocean ridge

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separating plates

Question 20

The convection theory says that plate movement is caused by

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uneven heating and differences in density

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT one of the three theories of plate movement?

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subduction

Question 22

mountains made of huge, tilted blocks of rock separated from surrounding rock by faults

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fault-block mountains

Question 23

type of plate collisions in which oceanic plates slide under continental plates

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continental-oceanic collisions

Glencoe Red Science Chapter 10 Forces Shaping Earth

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Glencoe Red Science Chapter 10 Forces Shaping Earth

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