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Surface And Interior Of The Earth, Plate Boundaries, And Plate Tectonics
Test Description: These are the Vocabulary Words relating to Earth Science
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the process by which sediment and other materials are moved from one place to another.
A
Deposition
B
Delta
C
Weathering
D
Erosion
2) What is the process by which eroded materials are dropped?
A
Weathering
B
Erosion
C
Delta
D
Deposition
3) What is the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces?
A
Delta
B
Wethering
C
Erosion
D
Deposition
4) What is large mass of moving ice that forms by compacting of snow by natural forces?
A
Dunes
B
Glacier
C
Mudslide
D
Delta
5) What shows the shape of Earth's surface with lines that represent different elevations?
A
Elevation Map
B
Contour Map
C
Gradient Map
D
Topographic Map
6) What is Earth's thin, outer shell
A
Mantle
B
Crust
C
Outer Core
D
Inner Core
7) What is the thick layer below the crust?
A
Inner Core
B
Outer Core
C
Mantle
D
Crust
8) Which layer of the Earth is the center of Earth made up of very dense elements?
A
Lower Mantle
B
Crust
C
Core
D
Upper Mantle
9) What is the solid thin layer of mantle material where the rock is putty like. This is the layer that the tectonic plates float on?
A
Inner Core
B
Outer Core
C
Lower Mantle
D
Upper Mantle
10) What is the part of the Earth's core that is liquid due to high temperatures?
A
Inner Core
B
Mantle
C
Crust
D
Outer Core
11) What is part of the Earth's core that is solid due to extreme pressure?
A
Outer Core
B
Mantle
C
Crust
D
Inner Core
12) What are waves of energy that are released by earthquakes?
A
Sound Waves
B
Air Waves
C
Seismic Waves
D
Heat Waves
13) What is the type of boundary when tectonic plates move toward each other and collide
A
Trench Boundary
B
Convergent Boundary
C
Transform Boundary
D
Divergent Boundary
14) What is the type of boundary when two tectonic plates move away from one another, or diverge?
A
Transform Boundary
B
Trench Boundary
C
Convergent Boundary
D
Divergent Boundary
15) What are plate boundaries when two tectonic plates move past one another in opposite directions?
A
Divergent Boundary
B
Transform Boundary
C
Convergent Boundary
D
Trench Boundary
16) What is process by which one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate?
A
Subduction
B
Ridge Push
C
Sea Floor Spreading
D
Slab Pull
17) What are underwater mountain belts formed by sea floor spreading?
A
Side Ridges
B
Mid Ocean Ridges
C
Rift Vally
D
Ocean Trenches
18) What cause tectonic plate motion by movement that results from differences in the density of magma in the earth's mantle?
A
Subduction
B
Slab Pull
C
Ridge Push
D
Convection Currents
19) What are large moving pieces of Earth's crust?
A
Tectonic Plates
B
Landmass
C
Lithospheric Plates
D
Continental Plates
20) What type of stress squeezes or shortens material?
A
Twisting
B
Shear
C
Tension
D
Compression
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