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Plate Tectonics And Earth's Interior
Test Description: This is a review game for our unit test on Plate Tectonics and Earth's Interior.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Why does oceanic crust subduct under continental crust?
A
Oceanic crust is more felsic
B
Continental crust is more dense
C
Oceanic crust is more dense
D
Continental crust is more mafic
2) Where in the continental US do we see evidence of plate movement?
A
The Midwest
B
The Southwest
C
The West Coast
D
Florida
3) What kind of plate boundary are subduction zones associated with?
A
Divergent
B
Convergent
C
Transfixed
D
Transform
4) What layer of Earth spins to create the magnetic field?
A
The asthenosphere
B
The solid inner core
C
The liquid outer core
D
The rigid upper mantle
5) What feature is associated with divergent plate boundaries?
A
Mountains
B
Glaciers
C
Ridges
D
Trenches
6) What happens to pressure and temperature as depth in Earth increases?
A
Pressure decreases and temperature decreases
B
Pressure decreases and temperature increases
C
Pressure increases and temperature decreases
D
Pressure increases and temperature increases
7) What layer of Earth could have a pressure of 2.4 million atmospheres and a temperature of 5,700 degrees C?
A
The asthenosphere
B
The crust
C
The inner core
D
The outer core
8) What kind of plate boundary is between the Eurasian Plate and the Philippine Plate?
A
Transect
B
Convergent
C
Divergent
D
Transform
9) What kind of plate boundary is between the Scotia Plate and the Antarctic Plate?
A
Transform
B
Convoluted
C
Divergent
D
Convergent
10) What tectonic plate does Hawaii sit on?
A
The Nazca Plate
B
The Sandwich Plate
C
The Pacific Plate
D
The Indian-Australian Plate
11) Which 2 layers of Earth make up the lithospheric plates?
A
The asthenosphere and stiffer mantle
B
The crust and rigid mantle
C
The crust and the asthenosphere
D
The stiffer mantle and outer core
12) What happens to the seafloor as it moves farther away from a ridge?
A
It gets hotter
B
It gets younger
C
It gets less dense
D
It gets older
13) Where are volcanoes and earthquakes most commonly found?
A
Along the equator
B
In the middle of tectonic plates
C
In the Southern Hemisphere
D
At plate boundaries
14) Why do plates move apart at mid-ocean ridges?
A
The density of magma pushes the plates apart
B
Plates do not move apart at mid-ocean ridges
C
Sinking magma pulls plates back down into the mantle
D
Rising magma creates convection currents
15) Where is Earth's crust the thickest?
A
The San Andreas Fault
B
The Mariana Trench
C
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
D
The Himalayan Mountains
16) Compared to the asthenosphere, Earth's crust is
A
Thinner and less dense
B
Thicker and more dense
C
Thicker and less dense
D
Thinner and more dense
17) How many different types of plate boundaries are there around the Pacific Plate?
A
1
B
3
C
2
D
4
18) What is a piece of evidence that the seafloor at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is moving apart?
A
Material gets warmer and older farther away from the ridge
B
Material gets denser and colder farther away from the ridge
C
Material gets denser and younger farther away from the ridge
D
Material gets denser and warmer farther away from the ridge
19) Which temperature could exist in Earth's inner core?
A
3,500 degrees C
B
2,000 degrees C
C
6,000 degrees C
D
5,000 degrees C
20) Which plate subducts when two continental plates collide?
A
The young one
B
The lower density plate
C
The oceanic plate
D
Neither
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