A Practice Quiz On Plate Tectonics
Use this quiz to study for the 'Earth's Interior' quiz.
- 1.What is the hottest layer in the Earth?
- A.
Mantle
- B.
Core
- C.
Crust
- 2.What is the Earth's 'internal heat source'?
- A.
Mantle
- B.
Crust
- C.
Core
- 3.What layer has convection currents?
- A.
Inner core
- B.
Crust
- C.
Mantle
- D.
Outer core
- 4.What causes the plates to move?
- A.
Ocean currents
- B.
Large machines
- C.
Movement in the core
- D.
Convection in the mantle
- 5.What are the pieces of the Earth's crust called?
- A.
Rocks
- B.
Plates
- C.
Puzzle pieces
- D.
Continents
- 6.The crust is
- A.
Flexible
- B.
A liquid and a solid
- C.
Metallic
- D.
Solid rock
- 7.What layer is under the crust?
- A.
The inner core
- B.
The mantle
- C.
The outer core
- D.
There is no layer below the crust
- 8.What layer is below the mantle?
- A.
The outer core
- B.
There is no layer below the mantle
- C.
The inner core
- D.
The crust
- 9.What layer is below the outer core?
- A.
The crust
- B.
The mantle
- C.
The inner core
- D.
There is no layer below the outer core
- 10.The core is
- A.
,made of rock
- B.
Very cool
- C.
Very hot
- D.
Blue in color
- 11.A material similar to the mantle's material would be
- A.
Wood
- B.
Copper
- C.
Silly putty
- D.
Glass
- 12.If the Earth was a peach the pit would be the
- A.
Mantle
- B.
Core
- C.
Crust
- 13.Who discovered the continental drift in 1912?
- A.
Obama.
- B.
Alfred Wegener.
- C.
Albert Einstein.
- D.
JJ Thompson.
- 14.The theory that describes the formation, movements, and interactions of these plates is called?
- A.
Plate tectonics.
- B.
The Lithosphere.
- C.
Rift Valley.
- D.
Volcanoes.
- 15.What was Wegener's evidence that continental drift actually happened?
- A.
Fossils of Mesosaurus.
- B.
Similarities in the shapes of Africa and South America.
- C.
Distinctive rock formations.
- D.
All of the above.
- 16.A boundary between two lithospheric plates that are moving apart is called?
- A.
A rift.
- B.
Rift valley.
- C.
Divergent Boundary.
- D.
Convergent Boundary.
- 17.A boundary between two plates that are moving toward each other is called?
- A.
Divergent Boundary.
- B.
Convergent Boundary.
- C.
Subduction Boundary.
- D.
Deep-sea trench.
- 18.A boundary between two plates that are sliding past eachother is called?
- A.
Collision boundary.
- B.
Fusion boundary.
- C.
Sliding boundary.
- D.
Transform boundary.
- 19.What layer is the thickest of Earths layers?
- A.
Outer core
- B.
Mantle
- C.
Crust
- D.
Inner core
- 20.How do we know about the interior of the Earth?
- A.
We have sent robots down to the core
- B.
We have giant ex-ray machines
- C.
Earthquakes/seismic waves
- D.
We have sensors that can take pictures of the layers
- 21.Geologists use the name ________ to refer to the giant landmass that existed 250 million years ago when all land was connected as one.
- A.
Pangaea.
- B.
Laurassia.
- C.
Gondwana.
- D.
Pathalassa.
- 22.Which type of convergent boundary creates mountains?
- A.
Continental vs. continental
- B.
Continental vs. oceanic
- C.
Oceanic vs. oceanic
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