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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe hot, plastic-like layer of Earth, made of magma.Inner CoreMantleCrustOuter Core
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe hot, liquid layer of Earth, made of iron and nickel.Inner CoreMantleCrustOuter Core
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe dense, solid center of Earth, made of iron and nickel.Inner CoreMantleCrustOuter Core
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe boundary between two plates that collide with one another.Divergent Plate BoundaryConvergent Plate BoundaryTransform Plate BoundarySubversive Plate Boundary
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe boundary between two plates that pull apart from one another.Divergent Plate BoundaryConvergent Plate BoundaryTransform Plate BoundarySubversive Plate Boundary
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe boundary between two plates that slide past one another.Divergent Plate BoundaryConvergent Plate BoundaryTransform Plate BoundarySubversive Plate Boundary
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhen two plates collide and one plate slips below the other and down into the mantle.SubductionErosionDepositionConvection
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat happens in a liquid or gas when the warmer parts rise and the cooler parts sink.SubductionErosionDepositionConvection
- 9. Multiple ChoiceA break in the rock created by pressure and movement in the rock.FaultMid-Ocean RidgeOcean TrenchFocus
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe place in the rocks where pressure releases and an earthquake begins.FaultEpicenterSeismic WavesFocus
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe point on Earth's surface directly above the place in the rocks where an earthquake begins.FaultEpicenterSeismic WavesFocus
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe way in which energy during an earthquake travels through the earth.FaultEpicenterSeismic WavesFocus
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA wide volcano with gentle slopes that has been formed by quiet, runny lava flows.Composite VolcanoShield VolcanoFissure VolcanoCinder-Cone Volcano
- 14. Multiple ChoiceA smaller, narrow volcano with steep slopes that has been formed by explosive eruptions.Composite VolcanoShield VolcanoFissure VolcanoCinder-Cone Volcano
- 15. Multiple ChoiceA moderate-sized volcano, has been formed by the alternating of lava flows and explosive eruptionsComposite VolcanoShield VolcanoFissure VolcanoCinder-Cone Volcano
- 16. Multiple ChoiceA long, narrow volcano that forms at cracks and weak points in the earth's crust.Composite VolcanoShield VolcanoFissure VolcanoCinder-Cone Volcano
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe cooler, outer rocky shell of Earth.Inner CoreMantleCrustOuter Core
- 18. Multiple ChoiceMountains that are formed by the folding up of rock layers due to the collision of two platesFolded MountainsDome MountainsFault-Block MountainsVolcanic Mountains
- 19. Multiple ChoiceMountains that are formed by pressure when magma pushes upward, causes land to bulge upwardFolded MountainsDome MountainsFault-Block MountainsVolcanic Mountains
- 20. Multiple ChoiceMountains created by movement of broken pieces of crust; some push upward others slide downwardFolded MountainsDome MountainsFault-Block MountainsVolcanic Mountains
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