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