Quiz: Earth's Interior And The Theory Of Plate Tectonics
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This quiz tests your knowledge of the Earth`s Interior and The Theory of Plate Tectonics. It is said that the tectonic plates under the earth`s surface keep on shifting, and the creation of the continents is attributed to this. Do you think you have what it takes to tackle this quiz? Give it a shot and refresh your memory!
- 1.What kind of wave is formed by an earthquake?
- A.
Seismic wave
- B.
Transverse wave
- C.
Radiation wave
- D.
Other
- 2.The mantle is a layer of hot rock.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.What does the "Theory of plate tectonics"explain.
- 4.The main layers that make up Earth`s interior are _____________________________________________________________________________.
- 5.The inner core is a layer of ____________________________________________________.
- 6.The asthenosphere has a__________________________layer.
- A.
Dense
- B.
Solid
- C.
Soft
- D.
Oceanic
- 7.The asthenosphere float on the ____________________________________________.
- 8.The outercore has a layer of____________________________________________________.
- 9.Explain a transform boundary and how and when it is formed.
- 10.______________________________breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other from along these boundaries.
- 11.Plates Tectonics is:
- A.
Theory that states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle
- B.
Theory that continents were once together forming a big piece of land
- C.
Theory that the world will change over the years
- D.
Theory that states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant,fast motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle
- 12.The place where two plates move apart, or diverge, is called a______________________________________________
- 13.The lithosphere is broken into separate sections called___________________________.
- 14.Layers_______________________Earth`s interior
- 15.The mantle is a layer of___________________________.
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