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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the difference between magma and lava?
lava is magma but it is on the surface of the Earth
lava is the chamber that magma flows
lava is the Earth's crust
lava has a different chemical composition than magma
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is subduction?one plate collides with anotherone plate destroys anotherone plate goes beneath anotherone plate divides another
- 3. Multiple Choice
This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.
March Maddness
Earthquake Alley
Ring of Fire
Circle of Death
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?EarthquakeEpicenterFaultPlate
- 5. Multiple Choice
The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________.
cups
plates
dishes
spoons
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is mostly likely the cause of an earthquake?stress due to movement in Earth's crustgravitational variation due to Moon's orbit around Earthtemperature variation due to Earth's orbit around the Sunrotational imbalance due to changes in Earth's poles
- 7. Multiple Choice
What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?
Tectonic plates
Subductions
Earthquakes
Convergents
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
Core
Mantle
Crust
Biosphere
- 9. Multiple Choice
Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...
Countries
Tectonic Plates
Climate Zones
Mountains
- 10. Multiple Choice
What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Transdermal
- 11. Multiple Choice
What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Subdermal
- 12. Multiple Choice
What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Prodigent
- 13. Multiple Choice
The idea that Earth's crust is made up of separate plates that float on the upper mantle is the theory of what?
Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
Pangaea
Transubstantiation
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a classification of volcano?
Shield
Composite
Magnate
Cinder Cone
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