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Earth Science MEAP Review
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1
The Hawaiian Islands formed as a result of which phenomena?
earthquakes
Divergent plate boundary
hot spot
convergent boundary
2
When rocks are under a lot of stress and eventually crack and break, they form...
hot spots
earthquakes
new land
islands
3
The solid, dense center of the earth is called the:
Mantle
Core
Crust
Lithosphere
4
Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur at:
in remote areas
the middle of the plates
the plate boundaries
the Rocky mountains
5
New ocean floor is formed where plates...
stop moving
all of the above
move together
move apart
6
Fossils of the same reptile have been found in South America and Africa. This is evidence of:
volcanic activity
continental drift
evolution
transform faults
7
When two plates move away from each other it is called a:
transform boundary
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
hot spot
8
The continents move ______ per year.
Meters
Kilometers
Miles
Centimeters
9
The Earth's outer core is:
gas
plasma
solid
liquid
10
What causes the movement of Earth's tectonic plates?
Energy released from earthquakes
Convection currents in the mantle
The magnetic field
Spinning of Earth on it's axis
11
What causes the lithospheric plates to move?
earthquakes and volcanoes
convection currents
the weather
Earth's magnetic field
12
The crust is divided into how many lithospheric plates?
9
8
7
2
13
Why does Michigan not experience many earthquakes?
Not near a plate boundary
The Great Lakes protect us
There are no mountains
There are no volcanoes
14
The San Andreas Fault is an example of a place where two plates...
move toward each other
slide past each other
move over a hot spot
move away from each other
15
What word describes molten rock UNDER the Earth's surface?
lava
volcano
crust
magma
16
Earth's core is made up of:
nitrogen and phosphorous
copper and magnesium
iron and nickel
silicon and oxygen
17
What is the name for the type of boundary where two plates move toward each other?
convergent
divergent
strike-slip
transform
18
Scientists believe all the continents were once connected in a supercontinent they call:
Iapetus
Gondwanaland
Laurentia
Pangea
19
Which of the following is a way to measure the magnitude of an earthquake?
The Fujita scale
Music scales
Moh's scale
The Richter scale
20
When two tectonic plates collide, they can form:
mountains
earthquakes
volcanoes
all of the above
