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- 1. Multiple Choice
The four layers that make-up the earth’s composition areCrust, Lithosphere, Mesosphere and CoreLithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mantle and CoreCrust, Mantle, Outer Core and Inner CoreMantle, Outer Core, Lithosphere and Crust - 2. Multiple ChoiceLarge pieces of lithosphere that move around on the asthenosphere are calledCrust platesTectonic platesMantle piecesCore plates
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe hypothesis that land masses spread apart from each other and have done so in the past is known asDivergent Plate BoundaryTensionUpliftContinental drift
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhere does sea-floor spreading take place?Convergent BoundariesTransform BoundariesLand BoundariesMid-Oceanic Ridges
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe core is made-up of what two elements?iron and nickeliron and oxygennickel and siliconoxygen and silicon
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the thinnest layer of the earth’s composition?mantleinner corecrustouter core
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe thickest layer of the earth is thecrustmantleinner coreouter core
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhen the crust sinks down into the mantle, what happens to it?It becomes a tectonic plate.It slowly floats up.It sinks to the inner core.It melts.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe order of the earth’s compositional layers from most dense to least dense are:Inner Core, Crust, Mantle and Outer CoreCrust, Mantle, Outer Core and Inner CoreInner Core, Outer Core, Mantle and CrustCrust, Outer Core, Inner Core and Mantle.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally?divergentconvergenttransformuplift
- 11. Multiple ChoiceTectonic plates are made up of continental crust and ________ crust.continentaloceanicplatesmantle
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the theory that all continents were once joined together in one single large landmass?Plate TectonicsPangaeaContinental DriftSubduction
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates collide?divergentconvergenttransform
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Wegener call the single, large, landmass containing all of our current continents?continental driftplate tectonicsPangaea
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates separate?divergentconvergenttransform
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThere are ____ physical layers of the Earth.2157
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThere are three types of convergent boundaries: oceanic-oceanic, continental-oceanic, and __________.continental-continentalcontinental-convergentoceanic-convergentdivergent-convergent
- 18. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the Continental Drift Theory, the Earth's plates are moving at a very quick pace.TrueFalse
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the deepest layer of the Earth a person has ever gotten to?the crustthe upper mantlethe mantlethe outer core
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the chunks of crust called?continentstectonic platescrustal floatstectonic plains
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhere are oceans located?on top of oceanic plateson top of continental platesin holes of continental crustin areas where the crust does not exist
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat describes the outer core?solidliquidviscousgas
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?Supreme ContinentEurasiaPlate tectonicsPangea
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following occurs because of convection currents?Tectonic plates on the crust move.The mantle increases in size.Pressure in the crust increases.Pressure in the crust decreases.
- 25. Multiple ChoiceScientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth'sContinental crustOceanic crustAsthenosphereLithosphere
- 26. Multiple ChoiceAs you travel from the inner core to the crust, how would temperature, pressure and density of the material change?The would all increaseThe would all decrease.They would stay the same.Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase.
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe physical layer of Earth made of solid rock and soil is called the ___________.mesospherelithosphereasthenospheremantle
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhere does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle?The sunThe crustthe mantlethe core
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the theory of continental drift state?The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over timeContinents are stationary and do not moveThe Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currentsnone of the above
- 30. Multiple ChoiceName the boundaryconvergent boundarydivergent boundarytransform boundarysergent boundary
- 31. Multiple ChoiceName the boundaryconvergent boundarydivergent boundarytransform boundarysergent boundary
- 32. Multiple ChoiceName the boundaryconvergent boundarydivergent boundarytransform boundarysergent boundary
- 33. Multiple ChoiceDuring sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...along the continentsat the mid ocean ridgesdeep ocean trenchesat north and south poles
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?submarine zonedivergence zonesubduction zonelower zone
- 35. Multiple ChoiceAssociated with transform boundaries.Volcanoesmountainstrenchesearthquakes
- 36. Multiple ChoiceThis land formation occurs at a divergent continental/ continental boundary.mid ocean ridgedeep ocean trenchpacific hot spotrift valley
- 37. Multiple ChoiceMountains form from ...plates sliding past one anothercollision of platesplates moving away from each other
- 38. Multiple ChoiceOceanic crust isYounger and less dense than continental crustThinner, younger and more dense than continental crustOlder, thicker and less dense that continental crustBigger and younger than continental crust
- 39. Multiple ChoiceEarth's plates are...constantly moving and changing the face of the earthNever movesMoves seldom and very fastMoves when it feels like it
- 40. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of boundary do folded mountains often occur?convergent with subductionconvergent without subductiondivergenttransform
- 41. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of boundary do volcanoes most commonly occur?strike-slipdivergentconvergent with subductionconvergent without subduction
- 42. Multiple ChoiceWhat causes geologic land forms and events like mountains, volcanoes, and earthquakes?Hot SpotsTectonic Plate MovementEarthquakesVolcanic Eruptions
- 43. Multiple ChoiceConvection heat transfer in the earths Mantle is known as_________.strike-slipconvection currentsreversenormal
- 44. Multiple ChoiceSupporting Evidence: fossils, continent shape, landformsContinental DriftSeafloor SpreadingPlate Tectonics
- 45. Multiple ChoiceSupporting Evidence: subduction, earthquakes, volcanoes, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, older theoriesContinental DriftSeafloor SpreadingPlate Tectonics
- 46. Multiple ChoiceSupporting Evidence: discovery of Mid-Atlantic Ridge, core rock samples showing older rocks the farther that you get from the mid ocean ridgeContinental DriftSeafloor SpreadingPlate Tectonics
- 47. Multiple ChoiceThe name for the actual lithospheric platesTectonic PlatesPlate TectonicsPangaeaContinental Drift
- 48. Multiple ChoiceThe process for new oceanic lithosphere forming at mid ocean ridgesContinental DriftSeafloor SpreadingPlate TectonicsPangaea
- 49. Multiple ChoiceThe circular pattern of heating, rising, cooling, sinking of magma in the mantle causing tectonic plates to move.Plate TectonicsConvection CurrentsPangaeaSubduction
- 50. Multiple ChoiceVolcanoes are most often formed at this boundary.DivergentConvergentNormalTransform
- 51. Multiple ChoiceThe Mid-Atlantic Ridge is formed at this boundary.DivergentConvergentNormalTransform
- 52. Multiple ChoiceHot spots are volcanically active areas that are not near tectonic plate boundaries.TrueFalse
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