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1
What forces drives plate motion?
Convection Currents
Strong
Gravity
Electromagnetic
2
Which wave below could be an example of a sound wave?
Top
Bottom
3
Which type of the following is NOT associated with the formation of volcanoes?
Continental-Continental Convergent Boundaries
Oceanic-Continental Convergent Boundaries
Hot Spots
Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent Boundaries
4
Which wave below could be an example of a P-wave?
Bottom
Top
5
This layer is broken into tectonic plates
asthenosphere
outer core
lithosphere
mesosphere
6
Rocks near trenches are ________rocks near ridges.
the same age as
Older than
younger than
7
The amplitude is labeled at
6
5
7
4
8
Convection Currents that drive plate motion are located in this Earth layer
lithosphere
outer core
inner core
asthenosphere
9
The Himalayan mountains are associate with this type of boundary
Continental-Continental Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Continental-Oceanic Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
10
This type of seismic wave cannot move through liquid.
S waves
Surface waves
P waves
transverse waves
11
The speed of a wave changes when the ____________ changes
medium it is traveling through
frequency
amplitude
wavelength
12
Which of the following does NOT support the theory of continental drift?
Rocks in mountains in North American and Greenland are similar
The North Pole and Antarctica are covered with ice
There are similar fossils on different continents
Continents seem to fit together like pieces of a puzzle
13
At which type of plate boundary is crust not created or destroyed
Divergent
Continental
Convergent
Transform
14
This device uses sound waves to measure distances to the seafloor
echo locater
magnetometer
odometer
sonar
15
This type of seismic wave travels the fastest.
Surface waves
P waves
S waves
transverse waves
16
The heating and cooling of mantle causing it to rise and fall in a repeated cycle causes..
Magnetic Fields
Convection Currents
Hot Spots
Advection Forcse
17
Who came up with the theory of Continental Drift?
Charles Darwin
Henry Hess
Tuzo Wilson
Alfred Wegener
18
How are trenches formed?
The collapse of an empty magma chamber
Excessive boat traffic
Swift ocean currents eroding the seafloor
2 tectonic plates colliding and one subducting below the other
19
We can infer the composition of Earth's layers because of
mines
drilling
x-rays
earthquake waves
20
As a wave's frequency increases, speed
it depends
decreases
stays the same
increases
21
As a wave's frequency increases, wavelength
increases
decreases
it depends
stays the same
22
This layer of earth is most likely liquid
inner core
asthenosphere
outer core
lithosphere
23
Which wave below is a transverse wave?
Top
Bottom
24
Which type of boundary can form a rift valley?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
25
The Mariana Trench is formed at a
Divergent Boundary
Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent Boundary
Oceanic-Continental Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
26
Which type of plate is more dense?
oceanic
they are the same
continental
27
The age of the ocean floor was mapped using
topographic maps
sonar
magnetic reversal
a time machine
28
Which helped answer the question of how the continents were moving?
Climate Change
Gravity
Seafloor Spreading
Plate Tectonics
29
Convection Currents are caused by changes in
color
density
mass
position
30
This layer has convection currents moving the plates along
lithosphere
outer core
mesosphere
asthenosphere
31
A wave's amplitude is directly related the amount of ________ in the wave.
speed
energy
wavelength
frequency
32
1 and 4 in the waves below represent
frequency
amplitude
trough
wavelength
33
The crest is at point
7
5
6
4
34
When an oceanic plate slides below another plate at a convergent boundary this happens
an earthquake
deduction
a tsunami
subduction
35
At which type of boundary to plates move apart?
Divergent
Continental
Convergent
Transform
36
Locations on earth where earthquake waves are not detected are called
Blank Spaces
Shadow Zones
Shalowlands
Dark Shadows
37
Which type of boundary is associated with faults?
Divergent
Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent
Continental-Continental Convergent
Transform
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Scientists use volcanoes and earthquake activity to establish –
Plate boundaries
Lines of latitude
Density of rock layers
Borders between countries
