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- 1. Multiple Choice
What kind of plate boundary runs across Iceland?
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Nordic boundary
Transform boundary
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the border between two tectonic plates called?
Boundary
Collision zone
Rift
Trench
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of these layers is found directly above the earth’s core?
Asthenosphere
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer Core
- 4. Multiple Choice
This solid layer of the earth is made of mostly iron and nickel.
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer Core
- 5. Multiple Choice
The tectonic plates float on which semiliquid layer?
Asthenosphere
Crust
Inner Core
Lithosphere
- 6. Multiple Choice
What type of crust is found under the continents?
Continental Crust
Oceanic Crust
Geologic Crust
None of the above
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which scientist is credited with proposing the ideas that led to the development of the plate tectonics theory?
Charles Darwin
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
Alfred Wegener
- 8. Multiple Choice
Mid-ocean ridges are places where tectonic plates are doing what?
Colliding
Sliding past each other
Spreading apart
None of the above
- 9. Multiple Choice
Mountain formation can result when which of the following occurs?
Two oceanic plates collide
Two continental plates collide
Two oceanic plates spread apart
None of the above
- 10. Multiple Choice
What type of crust is found under the oceans?
Continental Crust
Oceanic Crust
Geologic Crust
None of the above
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the earth’s outermost layer?
Crust
Asthenosphere
Mantle
Outer Core
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of these statements is correct?
Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust
Continental crust is thinner than oceanic crust
Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust
Continental and oceanic crusts have the same thickness
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is the name of this tectonic plate?
Cocos Plate
Nazca Plate
Scotia Plate
South American Plate
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is the name of this tectonics plate?
African Plate
Antarctic Plate
Arabian Plate
Indian Plate
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of the earth’s layers is broken into several large tectonic plates?
Asthenosphere
Crust
Lithosphere
Outer Core
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is the Earth's only liquid layer?
Asthernophere
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer Core
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is NOT likely to happen at a divergent boundary?
Mountain Formation
Rift Valley
Seafloor Spreading
Volcano Activity
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following geologic events can occur at a transform boundary?
Earthquake
Mountain Formation
Volcanic Eruption
Rift Formation
- 19. Multiple Choice
This animation depicts which of the following?
Earthquake
Rift Formation
Mountain Formation
Volcanic Eruption
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of these concepts is part of the theory of plate tectonics?
Continents are fixed and don't move
A great flood shaped the earth's surface
Continents are in slow constant motion
None of the above
- 21. Multiple Choice
This animation depicts which of the following?
Earthquake
Mountain Formation
Subduction Zone
Rift Formation
- 22. Multiple Choice
Approximately 225 million years ago, the earth's continents were grouped into one landmass. What was the landmass called?
Europa
Jurassic
Pangaea
Pangaea Ultima
- 23. Multiple Choice
What is the name of this tectonic plate?
African Plate
Pacific Plate
Philippine Plate
Indian Plate
- 24. Multiple Choice
Why does the Earth have Layers?
Size
Mass
Density
Weight
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