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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?crust, outer core, inner core, mantlemantle, outer core, inner core, crustcrust, mantle, outer core, inner coreouter core, inner core, crust, mantle
- 2. Multiple ChoiceScientists think that convection currents flow in Earth'scontinentsmantlelithosphereinner core.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceCompared to rock in Earth's crust, rocks in the mantle are moredensemineral-richgranularporous
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich layer of Earth is the thinnest?crustmantleouter coreinner core
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Part of mantle where lithosphere floatsCrustCoreAsthenosphereAtmosphere - 6. Multiple ChoiceOne large landmassNorth AmericaPangeaSouth AmericaPanAmerica
- 7. Multiple ChoiceHeat transfers within the EarthConductionConvection CurrentOcean CurrentRadiation
- 8. Multiple ChoiceAddition of new sea floorSubductionSea Floor SpreadingSea Floor subductionConvergent
- 9. Multiple ChoiceTo make new crust, ____ is pushed up from the mantle.LavaIronMagmaNickel
- 10. Multiple ChoicePlates sliding past each other in opposite directionsConvergentDivergentSubductionTransform
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich was NOT evidence of Wegener?Seafloor spreadingfossilspuzzle pieceglacier evidence
- 12. Multiple ChoiceGeologists study the inside of the Earth by using____seismic wavessound waveslight wavesEM waves
- 13. Multiple ChoiceName the boundaryconvergent boundarydivergent boundarytransform boundarysergent boundary
- 14. Multiple ChoiceA subduction zone is formed...when one tectonic plate sinks below anotherat every type of convergent plate boundaryat every type of divergent plate boundaryat transform boundaries
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat are mid-ocean ridges?A chain of underwater waterfallsA chain of underwater volcanosA chain of underwater mountainsA chain of underwater rocks
- 16. 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
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWho is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?Harry HessGalileoAlfred WegenerNewton
- 18. Multiple ChoiceA collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces amid ocean ridgedeep ocean trenchrift valleymountain range
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe image shows the Mid Atlantic Ridge. Which type of boundary occurs at this ridge where the ocean floor is spreading apart?convergentdivergenttransform fault
- 20. Multiple ChoiceIf the focus of an earthquake occurs beneath the sea floor, as the seismic waves travel through the ocean, they create a massive and destructiveepicentertsunamifocusmountain
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhere is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?EpicenterFaultHypocenterTremor
- 22. Multiple ChoiceOnce magma reaches the earth's surface it is called.....SilicaRocklava
- 23. Multiple ChoiceVolcanoes can be found...on landunder wateron islandsall of the above
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the difference between magma and lava?Lava is inside the Earth, magma is outside.Lava is outside the Earth, magma is inside.
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThis is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.Circle of FireRing of LavaRing of FireCircle of Magma
- 26. Multiple ChoiceAn area where magma melts through the crust in the middle of a plate is called a ________.island archot spotgeyserpipe
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhat is A?conduitmagma chamberlava flowcrater
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is evidence for continental drift?old mapsvolcanoesearthquakesfossils
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name of the Boundary that represents #7?ReverseTransformConvergentDivergent
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name of the boundary that represents #1?ConvergentTransformStrike-slipDivergent
- 31. Multiple ChoicePoint A is where the earthquake actually occurred, what is it called?EpicenterFocusFaultSeismic Station
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhat process is occurring at Z?Convection currentsSubductionTwo plates moving apartNew ocean floor forming
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