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Plate Tectonics
Test Description: Chapter 4 sections 1-4
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) A substance composed of two or more elements is called ..
A
compound
B
complex
C
amalgam
D
mix
2) Which element is not a major part of the Earth's crust?
A
Oxygen
B
Silicon
C
Aluminum
D
Iron
3) Which is NOT a layer of the Earth?
A
Core
B
Crust
C
Shell
D
Mantle
4) The outermost, ridged layer of the Earth is called...
A
lithoshpere
B
mesosphere
C
asthenosphere
D
inner core
5) The liquid layer of the core is called...
A
outer core
B
lithoshphere
C
mantle
D
inner core
6) The layer of slowly flowing rock in the mantle is called..
A
asthenoshpere
B
lava
C
mantle
D
mesosphere
7) Large pieces of the lithosphere that move around on the asthenosphere are called..
A
tectonic plates
B
rift plates
C
mantle pieces
D
crust pieces
8) What are the two types of crust?
A
oceanic and continental
B
continental and mantle
C
oceanic and mantle
D
mantle and core
9) What hypothesis by Alfred Wegener explains why continents seem to fit together?
A
plate tectonics
B
continental drift
C
continental spreading
D
Wegener's puzzle
10) How many land masses did all the continents once form?
A
six
B
ten
C
one
D
seven major plates
11) The theory that Earth is divided into plates that move around is called..
A
Continental Shift
B
Plate tectonics
C
Earthly division
D
Latitudinal plates
12) The place where tectonic plates touch is know as..
A
continental plate
B
boundary plate
C
magma zone
D
tectonic ridge
13) Which is NOT a type of tectonic boundary?
A
transform boundary
B
convergent boundary
C
fault-block boundary
D
divergent boundary
14) The three ways tectonic plates can move relative to each other are..
A
collide, separate, and slide
B
collide, fuse, and dtrift
C
drift, separate, and slide
D
collide, fuse, and slide
15) What boundary forms when plates collide?
A
trans fault boundary
B
divergent boundary
C
transform boundary
D
convergent boundary
16) What boundary forms when plates separate?
A
transform boundary
B
convergent boundary
C
divergent boundary
D
trans fault boundary
17) What boundary forms when plates slide past each other?
A
convergent boundary
B
transform boundary
C
trans fault boundary
D
divergent boundary
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