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Which of the following Earth layers is the least dense?
a) Oceanic crust
b) Continental crust
c) Mantle
d) Core

Which of the following rock types is formed by the melting and cooling of magma or lava?
a) Igneous rock
b) Metamorphic rock
c) Sedimentary rock
d) All of the answer choices

At which of the following plate boundaries can Earth's crust be subducted and destroyed?
a) Transform plate boundaries
b) Divergent plate boundaries
c) Convergent plate bounaries
d) All of the answer choices

Which of the following is NOT evidence for continental drift?
a) The super-continent Pangaea
b) Similar fossil evidence found on different continents
c) The location of rocks and minerals on Earth's surface
d) Seismic waves caused by earthquakes

Which of the following does NOT occur along a plate boundaries?
a) Volcanic hot spot such as Hawaii
b) Mountain formation by compression such as the Himilayan mountains
c) Earthquakes caused by shearing such as the San Andreas fault in California
d) Volcanic activity caused by subduction such as Mt. St. Helens in the United States

Which of the following causes plate movements in the Earth's crust and lithosphere?
a) Convection currents
b) Volcanic activity
c) Earthquakes
d) Continental drift

Which of the following catastrophic events due to plate tectonics is South Carolina MOST vulnerable to?
a) Volcanic activity
b) Earthquakes
c) Hot spots
d) Tsuanmis

Which of the following is NOT a physical property?
a) How shiny a substance is (Luster)
b) How a substances breaks (Cleavage)
c) How a substacnes burns to produce energy
d) The color a substances makes (Streak)

Which of the following is NOT a geologic activity human beings need to be prepared for due to plate tectonics if you live at or near plate boundary?
a) Tsunamis
b) Eathquakes
c) Volcanic activity
d) Hurricanes

Which of the following Earth resources burn to produce energy?
a) Minerals
b) Ores
c) Fossil fuels
d) Metals

At which of the following locations on Earth would you find the most volcanoes and earthquakes?
a) Pacific Ring of Fire
b) San Andreas fault
c) Himilayan Mountains
d) Hot spot in Hawaii

Where do most volcanoes and earthquakes occur?
a) Along the edges of continents
b) In the middle of oceans along ridges
c) Along tectonic plate boundaries
d) Randomly all over the surface of the Earth

Which of the following forces ONLY causes earthquakes?
a) Tension
b) Compression
c) Shearing
d) All of the answer choices

Which of the following is NOT evidence for the theory of plate tectonics?
a) Fossils and rocks on different continents are similar
b) The continents fit together almost like a puzzle
c) Most geologic activities such as earthquakes and volcanoes occur along plate boundaries
d) The rock cycle

Which of the following is NOT evidence for the layers of the Earth?
a) Earth's magnetic field
b) Earthquakes and seismic waves
c) Plate tectonics and geologic activities
d) Pangaea the super-continent

At which of the following plate boundaries do earthquakes occur?
a) Transform
b) DIvergent
c) Convergent
d) All of the answer choices

Which of the following rock types is formed by weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction and cementation?
a) Sedimentary rock
b) Metamorphic rock
c) Intrusive igneous rock
d) Extrusive igneous rock

Which of the following layers is made up of liquid iron and nickel?
a) Asthenosphere
b) Mantle
c) Inner Core
d) Outer Core

Which of the following processes act together to wear down and build up Earth's surface over billions of years?
a) Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
b) Tension, Compression and Shearing forces
c) Convergent, Divergent, Transform plate boundaries
d) Sedimentary, Metamorphic, and Igneous rocks

Which of the following describes the movement of rock by wind, water and/or gravity?
a) Weathering
b) Erosion
c) Deposition
d) Compaction/cementation

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