Layers of the Earth, Continental Drift, and Plate Tectonics Review

Question 1

This is what causes the tectonic plates to move

Accepted Answer

Convection Currents

Question 2

What was the one piece of information that Wegener couldn't provide to support his theory?

Accepted Answer

How the landmasses moved

Question 3

This is made up of mostly granite...

Accepted Answer

continental crust

Question 4

This image represents what type of evidence, used by Wegener, to support his theory?

Accepted Answer

Fossils of the same species found on continents far apart

Question 5

The earth is believed to be how old?

Accepted Answer

4.6 billion years old

Question 6

Why is the inner core a solid even though it is the hottest layer?

Accepted Answer

Because of the pressure of all of the material above it

Question 7

Which of these features are most commonly associated with transform plate boundaries?

Accepted Answer

faults

Question 8

Alfred Wegener proposed this theory

Accepted Answer

Theory of Continental Drift

Question 9

This theory states that the crust and upper mantle are made up of sections called plates.

Accepted Answer

Theory of Plate Tectonics

Question 10

This is made up of mostly basalt...

Accepted Answer

oceanic crust

Question 11

Which of these was NOT a piece of evidence used by Wegener to support his theory?

Accepted Answer

The size of the landmasses

Question 12

The lithosphere is made up of...

Accepted Answer

The crust and the upper part of the mantle

Question 13

What two metallic elements primarily make up the inner and outer core?

Accepted Answer

Iron (Fe) and Nickel (Ni)

Question 14

New crust is formed when plates move away from each other at this type of boundary

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Question 15

Which of these features is NOT found at a convergent plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Mid-ocean ridge

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

outer core

Question 17

Which layer of the Earth is the thickest?

Accepted Answer

Mantle

Question 18

The thinnest layer of the Earth is...

Accepted Answer

crust

Question 19

The name of the supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener.

Accepted Answer

Pangaea

Question 20

Tectonic plates move towards each other, or collide, at what type of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Question 21

Where is old ocean crust destroyed?

Accepted Answer

subduction zones

Question 22

How do scientists know about the interior of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Studying seismic (earthquake) waves.

Question 23

Where is the asthenosphere located?

Accepted Answer

In the mantle, just below the lithosphere

Question 24

How many types of plate boundaries are there?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 25

The newest, youngest, crust is found...

Accepted Answer

At mid-ocean ridges

Question 26

This type of boundary has two plates moving horizontally (sliding) past each other

Accepted Answer

Transform

Question 27

What happens to temperature and density as you move from the crust to the inner core?

Accepted Answer

Both increase

Question 28

This layer is the only truly liquid layer of the Earth.

Accepted Answer

Outer core

Question 29

The lithosphere is broken up into large pieces called

Accepted Answer

plates

Question 30

What process is being shown in this image?

Accepted Answer

Seafloor spreading

Layers of the Earth, Continental Drift, and Plate Tectonics Review

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Layers of the Earth, Continental Drift, and Plate Tectonics Review

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