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Bennett 6th Grade Unit 3 Test Review Earth's Interior-PT-CD-SS
Bennett 6th Grade Unit 3 Test Review Earth's Interior-PT-CD-SS
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Exam Review of Fossils, rocks, Minerals, water cycle, tides, ocean currents, Earth's Layers
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1
Earth's inner core is ______________ .
a layer of hot rock.
a dense ball of solid metal.
a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin.
a layer of molten metal.
2
Compared to Earth's continental crust, Earth's oceanic crust is
thicker and more dense
thinner and less dense
thicker and less dense
thinner and more dense
3
Which seafloor feature is labeled "H"?
Trench
Slope
Seamount
Mid-Ocean ridge
4
What are convergent plate boundaries?
Plates that slide past each other
Plates that move past each other
Plates that move apart
Plates that collide or Subduct
5
What is the Thickest Part of Earth's Crust?
Oceanic Crust
Volcanic Crust
Pizza Crust
Continental Crust
6
What is evidence of continental drift?
Continents look like they fit together
all of the above
similar fossil findings
landforms and climate
7
What is Plate Tectonics?
The theory of mountain formation
The theory of plates subducting under the mantle.
The theory of plates moving slowly over the mantle.
The theory of Pangaea
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where are plate tectonics located
crust and lithosphere layer of the Earth
p waves
under LA
S waves
9
The layer of the Earth's interior labelled B. is?
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
Crust
10
Because of seafloor spreading, where would the newest crust be located?
Convergent Plate Boundary
Emergent Plate Boundary
Transform Plate Boundary
Divergent Plate Boundary
11
Which zone of Earth's interior experiences convection?
mantle
core
crust
None of the above
12
What is the area called that encircles the rim of the Pacific Ocean?
Ring of Freedom
Continents Ring of Fire
Pacific Ring of Fire
Ring of Fire
13
The layer of the Earth's interior labeled A is?
Inner Core
Outer Core
Crust
Mantle
14
molten rock beneath the Earth's surface
Mud
volcano
lava
magma
15
What can convergent boundaries form?
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Deep Ocean trenches
Sea Floor Spreading
Rift Valley
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What Causes Plate Tectonics?
Conduction heat running through the mantle
Radiation from the Sun
Convection Currents ,moving the Heat energy in the Asthenospshere
Earthquakes
17
The earth's inner core is mostly made of:
Magma
Diamonds and Bedrock
Mostly Nickel and a little Iron
A little Nickel and mostly Iron
18
There are fossils of the same thing on different continents
I dont know
no
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yes
19
What Causes Earth's Magnetic Field?
The North and South Poles
The Mantle
The Iron in it's Core
All of the Magnetic Fields on Earth
20
What are fossils the remains of?
animals
organisms
all of them
plants
21
Where does new seafloor form?
abyssal plain
ocean trench
continental slope
mid-ocean ridge
22
The movement of lithospheric plates is due to ______ in the earth's interior.
Convection
Conduction
Convergence
Compression
23
How are plate tectonics and earthquakes related?
Non-Moving plates
Fault lines
Moving plates around fault lines that suddenly shakes earth.
None of the above
24
Fossils can tell us something about the what?
Environment
History/The Past
Climate
All of the Choices
25
What are the physical layers of the Earth's interior?
inner and outer core, mesosphere, asthenosphere, lithosphere , crust
core
Inner and outer core, mantle, athenosphere, crust, lithosphere
core, mantle, crust
26
What are the types of plate boundaries?
Convergent, divergent, transform
Converging, diverging, transform
Converge, diverge, transform
Converging, diverging, transforming
27
Where do subduction zones occur? Choose all that apply.
Oceanic to Continental
Continental to Oceanic
Continental to Continental
Oceanic to Oceanic
28
Students compare the fossils shown in layer A with those in layer C.
Fossils in layer A are younger than those in layer C
Fossils in layers A and C are the same age
Fossils in layers A and C are younger than those in layer B
Fossils in layer A are older than those in layer C
29
The Earth's crust is:
the thin & outermost layer of Earth above the mantle
the layer of rock between Earth's core and mantle
the portion of the Earth that is water
the central part of the Earth below the mantle
30
Why are volcanoes associated with subduction zones?
When oceanic and continental plate subduct Magma rises.
When the rocks heat up fire from ground rises.
No idea
They feel like it
31
Where does seafloor spreading occur?
on seamounts
near the ocean surface
at divergent plate
at converge plates
32
Fossils are found in which of the following?
Seashells
Metamorphic rock
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary rocks
33
Where do we find fossils?
houses
no where
cars
mountains, lakes, forests
34
Which of the following statement does not correctly describe subduction zones
They are belts of deep-focus earthquakes
Are zones where old seafloor descends into the crust &mantle
They are marked by the presence of deep-sea trenches
They are site where crustal plates are diverging
