If you removed all of the vegetation, soil, and water from the face of the earth, you would..

Find a layer of hard, solid rock

Which of the following is not a way to track the speed and/or direction of plate movement?

Standing near a boundary to watch the plates move.

Volcanic activity happens at..

Both divergent and convergent boundaries

The "plates" that we've been discussing in class can be described as..

Different-sized pieces of the Earth's outer layer

Earthquakes happen at..

Both divergent and convergent boundaries.

At a Divergent Boundary, plates...

SEPARATE, and magma from the mantle comes up to fill the gap

The circled area in this image is known as a

Trench at a Convergent Boundary

True or False- Earth's mantle is made of (soft, liquid) rock.

False- the correct answer should be (soft, solid)

What statement would best explain the matching mountain structure and rock type in the image?

These two landmasses used to be connected in some way.

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Plate Motion Review (Amplify)

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1
At a Convergent boundary plates...
move away from each other
move towards each other
don't move at all
slide past each other
2
As evidence to support his theory of Continental Drift, Wegener posed that the continents had..
Similar Rock Formations
Similar Fossils
Similar Coastlines
All the above
3
If you removed all of the vegetation, soil, and water from the face of the earth, you would..
Find water
Find a layer of magma
Find the mantle
Find a layer of hard, solid rock
4
Which of the following is not a way to track the speed and/or direction of plate movement?
Standing near a boundary to watch the plates move.
GPS
Analyzing the fossil record.
Analyzing the way that the continents had once fit together.
5
Volcanic activity happens at..
places near the middle of plates
Convergent boundaries only
Both divergent and convergent boundaries
Divergent boundaries only
6
At a Divergent boundary plates...
move away from each other
move towards each other
slide past each other
don't move
7
The "plates" that we've been discussing in class can be described as..
Dishware
Different-sized pieces of the Earth's outer layer
The continents
Same-sized pieces of the Earth's outer layer
8
Earthquakes happen at..
Both divergent and convergent boundaries.
Places near the middle of plates
Convergent boundaries only.
Divergent boundaries only.
9
At which type of boundary could a Mid-Ocean Ridge be found?
None
A
C
B
10
Dr. Moraga wanted to know how Mesosaurus fossils could be found on both..
None of the Above
South America and Asia
South America and Antarctica
North America and South Africa
11
At a Divergent Boundary, plates...
COME TOGETHER, and magma from the mantle fills the gap
COME TOGETHER, and one plate sinks beneath the other
SEPARATE, and one plate sinks beneath the other
SEPARATE, and magma from the mantle comes up to fill the gap
12
The circled area in this image is known as a
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Trench at a Convergent Boundary
Volcano
Trench at a Divergent Boundary
13
True or False- Earth's mantle is made of (soft, liquid) rock.
False- the correct answer should be (hard, liquid)
False- the correct answer should be (hard, solid)
True
False- the correct answer should be (soft, solid)
14
This layer of hard, solid rock is known as..
The mantle.
A mid-ocean ridge
Earth's outer layer.
The layer beneath Earth's outer layer.
15
What statement would best explain the matching mountain structure and rock type in the image?
None of these
A divergent boundary created these mountain ranges on land.
These two landmasses used to be connected in some way.
A convergent boundary is in-between these two landmasses.

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