Duplicate of Chapter 25and Earth's Internal Layers Test Review

The supercontinent that was onced believed to have existed on Earth was called ___.

What type of volcano branches off a major volcano? They tend to erupt violently.

The theory that explains how new ocean crust is formed is know as ___

Which type of plate convergence produces a chain of volcanic islands?

Wegener’s hypothesis that the continents were joined as a single landmass - Plate tectonics.

The process of subduction occurs during which type of boundary?

Regions where two tectonic plates are moving apart are called ____?

Which of the following is not a form of evidence that Wegener used to support his hypothesis?

Vast underwater mountain chains are called ____

Which is denser....

According to Seafloor Spreading, new rock is formed at a ___ and destroyed near a _____.

At a ___, two plates are moving towards each other.

Which is the largest layer of the Earth?

Which of the following is the hottest layer?

Rift valleys are landforms associated with which type of plate boundary?

What type of volcano is broad due to the flow of low viscosity lava?

Which of the following does not have a solid state of matter?

_is the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of heated material from one place to another

What are the 2 processes linked with the convection currents in the mantle and plate movement

A region where two plates slide horizontally past each other is a ______ boundary

Magnetometers and _____ helped scientist map the topography of the ocean floor

Which layer of the Earth is responsible for Earth's magnetic field?

___ proposed the scientific hypothesis that the continents are moving

Tectonic plates are considered to be which part of Earth's internal layers?

What type of volcano has high elevation, high viscosity lave, and explosive eruptions?

Which gases can be produced by volcanoes?

What type of boundary is shown?

Which type of plate convergence produces mountain ranges?

Which type of plate convergence produces a mountain range with many volcanoes.

The thickness of ocean-floor sediments increases with distance from an ocean ridge

Which type of plate convergence produces an ocean trench?

which type of event created Hawaii and Yellowstone?