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Unit 11 - Structure of the Earth and Plate tectonics
Unit 11 - Structure of the Earth and Plate tectonics
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Plate tectonics/boundaries
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Which type of crust is thicker?
Oceanic
Continental
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What type of boundary is shown?
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Lithospheric boundary
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What are the layers of Earth's interior in order from the outside to inside?
LAMCIO
CLAMIO
CLAMOI
MALCOI
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What plate is #2 on the tectonic map?
Eurasian
North American
Pacific
African
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What is the main geological event of a transform boundary?
Subduction zone
Volcanic mountain ranges
Deep sea trenches
Earthquakes
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Which type of crust is more dense?
Oceanic
Continental
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What boundary is formed by plates sliding past one another?
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
Lithospheric boundary
Convergent boundary
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What are the three types of boundaries called?
Continental, Oceanic, Oceanic-continental
Convergent, divergent, transform
Westerlies, easterlies, trade winds
colliding, sliding, and dividing
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What is the thin, rigid outermost layer of Earth's interior?
The asthenosphere
The mantle
The lithosphere
The crust
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What plate is #1 on the tectonic map?
Antarctic
South American
Pacific
African
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What is the main geological event of a divergent boundary?
Volcanic mountain ranges
Earthquakes
Cracks in the earth's crust known as faults
New ocean crust formation
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What is the main geological event of a convergent boundary?
Rivers
Mountains
New plate formation
Earthquakes
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What boundary is formed by plates moving away from each other?
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subdivision boundary
Divergent boundary
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Which layer of Earth's interior is considered a semi-solid?
Outer Core
Inner Core
Asthenosphere
Crust
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What is a subduction zone?
The area where new crust is made by the cooling of magma.
The area where two plates meet.
The area where the ocean has the highest salinity.
The area where one plate slides below another.
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How many elements make up solid Earth?
A lot
A few
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Which of these statements is corrected about Earth's interior layers?
The layers are all made of different liquids.
All of the layers are the same temperature.
The coolest layers are near the crust.
The hottest layers are near the crust.
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What plate is #3 on the tectonic map?
Pacific
Antarctic
African
South American
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What boundary is formed by colliding?
transform boundary
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
subdividing boundary
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What plate is #5 on the tectonic map?
North American
Pacific
South American
Antarctic
