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- 1. Multiple ChoiceEarth's thin outer layerErosionMagmaCrustCore
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe pieces of Earth's crust that compose the lithosphereTectonic platesCoreAsthenosphereFault
- 3. Multiple Choice
The Earth's lithosphere contains
The upper mantle
The oceanic crust
The continental crust
All are correct
- 4. Multiple ChoiceA break in Earth's crustMantleOzoneFaultVolcano
- 5. Multiple ChoiceLayer of Earth between the crust and the coreGraniteMantleLithosphereUpper crust
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe area where two tectonic plates move apart from one another is known as aHot spotConvergent boundaryDivergent boundaryTransform boundary
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe area where two tectonic plates move towards one another creating a subduction zoneConvergent boundaryTransform boundaryDivergent boundaryFault
- 8. Multiple Choice
The creation of new sea floor occurs at _____________________ plate boundaries.
transform
divergent
convergent
continental-continental
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe area where two tectonic plates slide along one another is known as aConvergent boundaryTransform boundaryDivergent boundaryVolcano
- 10. Multiple ChoiceFamous transform boundary (fault) running through the state of CaliforniaEurasian BoundaryNorth American FaultSan Andreas FaultSouth American Fault
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe energy released by an earthquake occurs in the form ofvolcanic eruptionsseismic wavesfaultsmagnitude
- 12. Multiple Choice
______________________is the most abundant element found in Earth's crust.
Potassium
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Iron
- 13. Multiple Choice
How did the Himalaya Mountains form?
Erosion
Convection
Glacial movements
Colliding tectonic plates
- 14. Multiple Choice
Earth's Outer Core is
solid
liquid
gaseous
plasma
- 15. Multiple Choice
Circular currents in the mantle caused by the magma being heated at the core, rising to the crust, cooling, and descending back to the core.
tides
mantle convection
evaporation
global warming
- 16. Multiple Choice
What type of volcano is the most violent eruption type?
cinder cone
composite (stratovolcano)
shield
fault
- 17. Multiple Choice
The removal and transport of surface material by wind and water is called
seismicity
tectonics
erosion
vulcanism
- 18. Multiple Choice
Volcanoes occur at tectonic plate boundaries that are
colliding
slipping past one another
separating from one another
both colliding and separating from one another
- 19. Multiple Choice
90% of all earthquakes and volcanoes on Earth occur
in the Atlantic Ocean
in the United States
around the Ring of Fire
during a full moon
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe Earth is approximately3 million years old50 million years old2 billion years old4.5 billion years old
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