what is the mid-ocean ridge?

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1
What is pangea?
layers of the earth
one land mass
a mid-ocean ridge
earth's magnetic field
2
The core is made up of which two elements?
Iron and Oxygen
Iron and Nickel
water and iron
Nickel and sodium
3
the asthenosphere is made up of:
outer core and crust
mantle and crust
lithosphere and mantle
crust and core
4
Which of the following is NOT one of Wegener's evidence of continental drift?
evidence of climates changing location
matching mountain ranges
sea floor spreading
matching fossils on different continents
5
What are the two main landforms created in this type of convergence?
oceanic and continental crust
magma and oceanic crust
trench and mountains
volcanoes and trench
6
The process in which one plate sinks below the other is known as?
paleomagnetism
Differentiation
subduction
sea-floor spreading
7
what is the mid-ocean ridge?
the magnetic field of the earth
layers of the earth
Where sea-floor spreading happens
mass divided by volume
8
What type of plate boundary has no magma when it moves?
subduction
divergent
transform
convergent (oceanic and oceanic)
9
This type of plate boundary is associated with a mid-ocean ridge.
convergent boundary
Transform boundary
underwater volcanic mountain
Divergent boundary
10
What is paleomagnetism?
mass divided by volume
evidence of climate change
moving continents
magnetism of the earth
11
What happens in the process of convection?
warm moves up, cool moves down
everything remains the same
plants undergo photosynthesis
cool moves up, warm moves down
12
what technology does this picture represent?
echnar
telepathy
sonar
radar
13
From where does the magma that feeds the volcanic island arcs come from?
subducting lithosphere
water formations
from the trench
continental crust
14
the only layer of the earth that is liquid is:
crust
inner core
outer core
mantle
15
this is the plate boundary in which two plates slide past each other.
transform
convergent
divergent
convection

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Plate tectonics

15 termsStudBud Administration229 plays

Earth science quiz review

Flashcards15 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 15

Answers

1
What is pangea?
layers of the earth
one land mass
a mid-ocean ridge
earth's magnetic field
2
The core is made up of which two elements?
Iron and Oxygen
Iron and Nickel
water and iron
Nickel and sodium
3
the asthenosphere is made up of:
outer core and crust
mantle and crust
lithosphere and mantle
crust and core
4
Which of the following is NOT one of Wegener's evidence of continental drift?
evidence of climates changing location
matching mountain ranges
sea floor spreading
matching fossils on different continents
5
What are the two main landforms created in this type of convergence?
oceanic and continental crust
magma and oceanic crust
trench and mountains
volcanoes and trench
6
The process in which one plate sinks below the other is known as?
paleomagnetism
Differentiation
subduction
sea-floor spreading
7
what is the mid-ocean ridge?
the magnetic field of the earth
layers of the earth
Where sea-floor spreading happens
mass divided by volume
8
What type of plate boundary has no magma when it moves?
subduction
divergent
transform
convergent (oceanic and oceanic)
9
This type of plate boundary is associated with a mid-ocean ridge.
convergent boundary
Transform boundary
underwater volcanic mountain
Divergent boundary
10
What is paleomagnetism?
mass divided by volume
evidence of climate change
moving continents
magnetism of the earth
11
What happens in the process of convection?
warm moves up, cool moves down
everything remains the same
plants undergo photosynthesis
cool moves up, warm moves down
12
what technology does this picture represent?
echnar
telepathy
sonar
radar
13
From where does the magma that feeds the volcanic island arcs come from?
subducting lithosphere
water formations
from the trench
continental crust
14
the only layer of the earth that is liquid is:
crust
inner core
outer core
mantle
15
this is the plate boundary in which two plates slide past each other.
transform
convergent
divergent
convection