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Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics
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A #science quiz used to review #middle school summerschool students prior to quiz. Very simplified.
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Transform plate boundaries occur when two plates are
moving apart
moving side by side
moving together
moving into space
2
When we have surface expressions (volcanoes) of plumes of magma, these are called
Guyot producers
Atoll generators
Island formations
Hot Spots
3
What is the name of the volcano in Washington state that erupted in 1980.
Mt. St. Helens
Mt. Ranier
Mt. St. Hillary
Mt. Suribachi
4
The Earth's surface is divided into plates. What are they called?
China Plates
Aesthopheric Plates
Every day Plates
Lithospheric Plates
5
Once volcanic peaks above sea level. Wave action eroded them and they sank below sea level.
Atolls
Mermots
Volcanoes
Guyots
6
What causes the tremendous amount of heat within the Earth?
Radioactive decay
Lithospheric decay
Organic decay
Pantolenic decay
7
This is a coral formation
Atoll
Volcano
Mermot
Guyot
8
The lithospheric plates float on the
Magmasphere
Atmosphere
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
9
The continents were originally one supercontinent, moved to their current positions.
Continental Perpetuity
Continental Drift
Continental Continuity
Continental Movement
10
The Earth is very young and events from the Bible are responsible for the Earth’s appearance.
Principle of Uniformitarianism
Principle of Force Magnetism
Principle of Unitarianism
Principle of Catastrophism
11
What is density?
mass per unit time (g/sec3)
mass per unit area (g/cm2)
mass per unit volume (g/cm3)
mass per unit weight (g/lb3)
12
What theory describes old age continental crusts but young seafloors?
Plate neuronics
Plate desmonics
Plate enharmonics
Plate tectonics
13
The forces that were at work when the Earth was formed are the same forces at work today
Principle of Catastrophism
Principle of Force Magnetism
Principle of Uniformitarianism
Principle of Unitarianism
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Each layer of the Earth gets more dense the deeper you go. What is this called?
Density polarization
Density ammonification
Density stratification
Density layerification
15
Divergent plate boundaries occur when two plates are
moving side by side
moving together
moving into space
moving apart
16
What is the order of layers from the crust to the core?
Mantle, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core
Asthenosphere, Lithosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core, Mantle
Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
Lithosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core, Mantle, Asthenosphere
17
Water has a density of 1.0g/cm
3
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If an object has a density of 10g/cm
3
will it sink or float?
Sink
Float
18
The primary force that drives plate movement.
Conduction currents
Radiation currents
Common currents
Convection currents
19
Convergent plate boundaries occur when two plates are
moving apart
moving into space
moving together
moving side by side
20
What is the name of the volcano that destroyed Pompeii?
Tattoinius
Vadnerius
Vesuvius
Alderranius
