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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Nazca plate and South America plate is an example of a oceanic and continental plate converging. The denser oceanic plate (Nazca) moves under the continental plate (South American Plate). What features are likely found here?
Rift Valley
Volcano
Folded mountains
Ocean basins
- 2. Multiple Choice
The large plates move across the surface of the Earth by what process?
Convection
Radiation
Condensation
Conduction
- 3. Multiple Choice
The Indian Plate converges with the Eurasian Plate. When two continental plates converge what crustal feature is expected to form?
Rift valley
Volcano
Folded mountains
Ocean basin
- 4. Multiple Choice
If the sea-floor is spreading, how are the ocean crusts moving?
Converging
Diverging
Sliding
No movement
- 5. Multiple Choice
The San Andreas Fault in California is known as an active earthquake area. What type of
boundary is it?
Converging
Diverging
Transforming
Sea floor spreading
- 6. Multiple Choice
When two oceanic plate boundaries meet, what crustal feature forms?
Plate tectonics
Sea floor spreading
Folded mountains
Volcanic arc islands
- 7. Multiple Choice
When an oceanic crust meets a continental crust, what occurs?
The oceanic crust moves under the continental crust resulting in volcanoes.
The oceanic crust moves over the continental crust resulting in volcanoes.
The two crusts converge forming folded mountains such as the Himalayas.
Both crusts are subducted down into the mantle.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes diverging?
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes converging
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes transforming?
- 11. Multiple Choice
Name the earth's largest layer
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
- 12. Multiple Choice
Name the earth's thinnest layer
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which layer of the Earth is responsible for the Earth’s magnetic field?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which layer is solid and made of iron and nickel?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which layer has strong convection currents, which are responsible for the crust’s movement?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which layer is made up of two different kind of layers, oceanic and continental?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
- 17. Multiple Choice
List the earth's layers in correct order, from outermost to innermost
mantle, inner core, crust, outer core
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
crust, inner core, mantle, outer core
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