Magnitude is the ______.

Amount of energy produced by an earthquake.

The Andes Mountains formed by ___.

An ocean plate colliding with a continental plate

How do non volcanic mountains form?

continent-continent convergent boundaries

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1
The thickest layer of the earth is the ______________.
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer Core
Crust
2
Oceanic crust is mostly made of ___________.
Sand
Basalt
Quartz
Granite
3
In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, you can find a ______________.
rift valley
mid-ocean ridge
trench
subduction zone
4
New seafloor is being created at ___________.
a trench
subduction zones
a volcanic island
mid-ocean ridge
5
Which of the following places is NOT located on the ring of fire?
San Andreas Fault
Andes Mountains
Himalayas
Japan
6
Continental crust is__________.
Thick and dense
Thick and NOT dense
Thin and NOT dense
Thin and dense
7
Magnitude is the ______.
Amount of energy produced by an earthquake.
Amount of damage done.
People's reactions to an earthquake.
Amount of time an earthquake shakes.
8
A plate can also be referred to as the _________.
Asthenosphere
Mantle
Crust
Lithosphere
9
The Andes Mountains formed by ___.
Two continental plates separating
Two ocean plates separating
Two continental plates colliding
An ocean plate colliding with a continental plate
10
The asthenosphere is a part of which layer of the earth?
Crust
Outer Core
Mantle
Inner Core
11
Crust gets destroyed at ____.
Divergent boundaries
Mid-ocean ridges
Transform boundaries
Convergent boundaries
12
Subduction is when ____________.
Two plates slide past each other
Plates stop moving
Two plates separate
One plate sinks below another
13
The area where a plate starts melting underneath the crust is a _____________.
Divergent boundary
Subduction zone
End zone
Melting zone
14
Japan is formed by a ___________.
transform boundary
mid-ocean ridge
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
15
What occurs at an ocean-ocean divergent boundary?
mid-ocean ridge
island arc
trench
subduction zone
16
The Himalayas are an example of (a)________________
Island arc
Volcanic arc
Mid-ocean ridge
non-volcanic mountains
17
How do non volcanic mountains form?
continent-continent convergent boundaries
transform faults
ocean-continent convergent boundaries
mid-ocean ridges
18
The Lithosphere is made up of_____.
just the crust
mantle and upper core
just the mantle
crust and upper mantle
19
All of the following are pieces of evidence to support continental drift EXCEPT:
the continents fit together like puzzle pieces
underwater tunnel systems
the same mountain ranges are found on different continents
same fossils found on different continents
20
Two ocean plates colliding formed ____________.
Hawaii
Andes Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Japan

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