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