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- 1. Multiple Choice
Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth'sContinental crustoceanic crustAsthenosphereLithosphere - 2. Multiple Choice
What is the rising of hot liquid and the sinking of cooled liquid called?
Confection current
Convention current
Convection current
Lava lamp
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhen molten material is heated in the mantle it becomesmore denseless dense
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhen molten material is cooled in the mantle it becomesmore denseless dense
- 5. Multiple ChoiceMolecules that are more dense than the surrounding particles will...rise upsink downstay put
- 6. Multiple ChoiceMolecules that are less dense than the surrounding particles will...rise upsink downstay put
- 7. Multiple Choice
Convection currents occur due to...
rotation of earth
differences in temperature and density
electrons moving
gravitational pull
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is one reason Earth's tectonic plates to move?
energy from the Sun
magnetic Pole Reversal
convection currents in the mantle
faults in Mountain Ranges
- 9. Multiple Choice
Convection cycles move in the mantle. How does this affect the crust?
crust has no motion
crust moves in random directions
crust moves in same direction convection cycle moves
- 10. Multiple Choice
Name the type of heat transfer shown in the picture.
convection
conduction
radiation
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the force inside the mantle that causes the Earth's Plates to move ?
subduction
radiation
conduction
convection
- 12. Multiple Choice
What geologic feature will occur at a hot spot ?
volcano
folded mountain
deep sea trench
crevasse
- 13. Multiple Choice
A prime example of an area over a hot spot is :
Japan
the Andes Mountains
the East African Rift
the Hawaiian Islands
- 14. Multiple Choice
As one moves away from a hot spot, the crust will get :
younger
older
the will be no change in age
- 15. Multiple Choice
A rising vertical mass of magma originating from the mantle is called:
Volcanic Island
Mantle Plume
Heat Wave
Lava Flow
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of plate boundary is shown here?divergentconvergenttransformsubducting
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of plate boundary is shown here?divergentconvergenttransformsubmergent
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of plate boundary is shown here?divergentconvergenttransformstrike slip
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?EarthquakesVolcanoesMountainsRift Valleys
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?Rift ValleyMid-Ocean RidgeIsland ArcFlat land
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?VolcanoMountainRiftIsland Arc
- 22. Multiple ChoiceMountains form from ...plates sliding past one anothercollision of platesplates moving away from each other
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the a picture of a ocean to ocean convergent boundary?
None of those show a ocean to ocean convergent
- 24. Multiple Choice
What formations happen at ocean to ocean subduction zones?
Deep oceanic trenches
Mountain Ranges
Coastal Volcanic Mountains
Both mountains and volcanoes
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which is an example of a plate boundary which has formed the Himalayas Mountain Range (home of Mt. Everest!) ?
Ocean- continent convergent boundary
Ocean- Ocean convergent boundary
Continent - continent Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the photo which formed JAPAN- a volcanic island arc?
- 27. Multiple Choice
Fill in the blank: The oceanic plate is _______ dense than the continental plate so it sinks, or subducts, under the continental plate.
Less
More
Same
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