What is a subduction zone?

occurs when an ocean plate goes under a land plate

The Himalayan Mountains were formed by...

the collision of two lithospheric plates

Which of the following is the correct order of layers of the earth from inside to outside?

inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

Pick the correct order of events below from youngest to oldest.

Yucca Mt. formed, age of reptiles, first land plants

Which of the following statements is true?

surface of earth is made of plates that move over time.

Which one of the following statements is true?

old crust is destroyed and new crust is formed over time.

Plate tectonics is the theory that sections of the earth's crust ...

have moved toward and away from each other over time

Continental drift is the idea that...

continents were once joined together to form large land mass

Which of the following statements is true?

the crust is the thinnest layer of the earth

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1
What is a subduction zone?
Where oceans are formed
occurs when an ocean plate goes under a land plate
A place where dinosaurs are found
A place that occurs at transform boundaries
2
The Himalayan Mountains were formed by...
the buildup of soil and rocks over millions of years
the collision of two lithospheric plates
two lithospheric plates sliding past each other
numerous eruptions of nearby volanoes
3
Which of the following is the correct order of layers of the earth from inside to outside?
outer core, mantle, crust, inner core
mantle, inner core, outer core, crust
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
crust, inner core, mantle, outer core
4
How far is the center of the earth from earth's surface?
60 km
60,000 km
600 km
6,000 km
5
Scientific evidence suggests that the earth is how many years old?
thousands
billions
hundreds
millions
6
The word lithosphere is used to refer to which layers of the earth?
the upper mantle and core
the crust and core
the crust only
the crust and the upper mantle
7
New lithosphere is mostly created at what type of plate boundary?
convergent
all of the above
divergent
transform
8
Plate tectonics helps explain the formation of which of the following?
trees
clouds
mountains
all of the above
9
Pick the correct order of events below from youngest to oldest.
Evidence of life on earth, age of reptiles, earth formed
Yucca Mt. formed, age of reptiles, first land plants
first plants, earth formed, dinosaurs became extinct
Earth formed, fossil evidence of first life, age of reptiles
10
Which of the following statements is true?
the continents float on the oceans like plates
the surface of earth is made of large plates that can't move
surface of earth is made of plates that move over time.
each of the continents of the earth is also called a plate
11
Which one of the following statements is true?
old crust is destroyed and new crust is formed over time.
The earth's crust moves around, but is never destroyed
old crust falls into the oceans and is destroyed over time.
new crust is always forming on the top of large mountains
12
Plate tectonics is the theory that sections of the earth's crust ...
have moved toward and away from each other over time
are floating in the oceans & are called continents
have collapsed forming oceans between continents
does not change.
13
Which of the following statements provides evidence for plate tectonics?
same kind of fossils are found in South America & Africa
same rock layers are found N. America, Europe, & Africa
All of the above
Earth's continents are moving at a rate of cm's per year
14
Continental drift is the idea that...
continents were once joined together to form large land mass
objects that fall into the ocean drift between continents
the continents are the only solid surface on the earth
ocean waves push the continents over the surface of earth
15
Which of the following statements is true?
the mantle is the thinnest layer of the earth
the crust is the thinnest layer of the earth
the lithosphere is the thinnest layer of the earth
The core is the thinnest layer of the earth
16
Which of the following is most likely to occur at at a transform boundary?
earthquakes
mountain formations
all of the above
volcanoes

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