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Earth Science Quiz Review
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A crack in the earth's crust is called a
Ridge
Vent
Trench
Fault
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What is the liquid layer of the Earth called?
Outer Core
Inner Core
Lithosphere
Mesosphere
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What layer has convection currents?
Crust
Inner core
Outer Core
Mantle
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Which layer is the SOLID piece of earth that we stand on?
Mantle
Inner Core
Crust
Asthenosphere
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Plate boundary where one plate disappears under another at the subduction zone
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
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Where are folded mountains, like the Himalayas, formed?
divergent boundaries
Transform noundaries
convergent boundaries
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The crust is broken into big pieces called ...
Rocks
Plates
Saucers
Slabs
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What do we use to measure the density of earth's layers?
magnetic reversals in the sea floor
Seismograph during earthquakes
Depth of rift zones
Fossil records
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Plates move because of ...
Rebound
Compression
Convection currents
Tension
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Which statement is true about the crust?
Continental crust is thinner and more dense than oceanic crust.
Oceanic crust is thinner and more dense than continental crust.
Continental crust is thinner and less dense that oceanic crust.
Oceanic crust is thinner and less dense that continental crust.
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Our land was once one huge continent called
Panthalassa
Pangaea
Wegener
Eurasia
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Can you see any of the Earth's crust in this picture?
Yes, everything in the picture is crust.
yes, only the land from the waters edge inland is crust.
yes, everything but the water is crust.
No, there is no crust in this picture.
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Plate boundary where plates move side by side
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
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What is provided as evidence of continental drift?
the fossil record
oceanic plate theory
sea-floor spreading
magnetic reversals
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Plate boundary where plates move apart
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
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Mid-Ocean ridges happen at which type of boundary?
All of them
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
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The raising of a layer of rock is called
compression
tension
subsidence
uplift
