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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
Delta
B
Erosion
C
Weathering
D
Deposition
2) What is the process by which eroded materials are dropped?
A
Erosion
B
Weathering
C
Delta
D
Deposition
3) What is the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces?
A
Wethering
B
Delta
C
Deposition
D
Erosion
4) What is large mass of moving ice that forms by compacting of snow by natural forces?
A
Glacier
B
Mudslide
C
Dunes
D
Delta
5) What shows the shape of Earth's surface with lines that represent different elevations?
A
Contour Map
B
Topographic Map
C
Elevation Map
D
Gradient Map
6) What is Earth's thin, outer shell
A
Crust
B
Inner Core
C
Mantle
D
Outer Core
7) What is the thick layer below the crust?
A
Outer Core
B
Crust
C
Inner Core
D
Mantle
8) Which layer of the Earth is the center of Earth made up of very dense elements?
A
Upper Mantle
B
Core
C
Crust
D
Lower 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
Lower Mantle
B
Outer Core
C
Upper Mantle
D
Inner Core
10) What is the part of the Earth's core that is liquid due to high temperatures?
A
Crust
B
Inner Core
C
Outer Core
D
Mantle
11) What is part of the Earth's core that is solid due to extreme pressure?
A
Crust
B
Outer Core
C
Mantle
D
Inner Core
12) What are waves of energy that are released by earthquakes?
A
Seismic Waves
B
Sound Waves
C
Heat Waves
D
Air Waves
13) What is the type of boundary when tectonic plates move toward each other and collide
A
Divergent Boundary
B
Convergent Boundary
C
Transform Boundary
D
Trench Boundary
14) What is the type of boundary when two tectonic plates move away from one another, or diverge?
A
Divergent Boundary
B
Trench Boundary
C
Convergent Boundary
D
Transform Boundary
15) What are plate boundaries when two tectonic plates move past one another in opposite directions?
A
Divergent Boundary
B
Trench Boundary
C
Transform Boundary
D
Convergent Boundary
16) What is process by which one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate?
A
Ridge Push
B
Slab Pull
C
Sea Floor Spreading
D
Subduction
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
Ridge Push
C
Convection Currents
D
Slab Pull
19) What are large moving pieces of Earth's crust?
A
Lithospheric Plates
B
Tectonic Plates
C
Landmass
D
Continental Plates
20) What type of stress squeezes or shortens material?
A
Shear
B
Compression
C
Tension
D
Twisting
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