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Final Exam Review #2
Test Description: Review questions for topics covered in first semester
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Earths layers from the center to the surface are...
A
inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
B
mantle, crust, core, lithosphere
C
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
D
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
2) This is what scientists use to determine the layers of the Earth...
A
seismic waves
B
magic
C
tsunamis
D
cameras
3) The inner and outer core are both made of...
A
liquid metal
B
hot metals
C
cheese
D
cold metals
4) Wegeners hypothesis that helps explain how similar fossils appear on separate continents...
A
continental drift
B
ice age theory
C
string theory
D
law of superposition
5) Which best describes a tectonic plate?
A
slab of ocean crust only
B
slab of asthenosphere and crust
C
slab of crust and upper mantle
D
slab of crust only
6) These are the three main types of plate boundaries...
A
transform, convergent, divergent
B
convergent, transform, strike slip
C
ridge, rift, earthquake
D
strike slip, thrust, reverse
7) New crust forms along this type of boundary...
A
convergent
B
transform
C
divergent
D
strike slip
8) At this plate boundary crust is neither created or destroyed...
A
transform
B
reverse
C
divergent
D
convergent
9) This is the main cause of plate movement...
A
convection currents in the lithosphere
B
hot spots
C
ocean waves
D
convection currents in the asthenosphere
10) Which best describes how the earths crust and mantle are different?
A
mantle is thick and dense, crust is thinner and less dense,
B
actually, they are quite similar
C
the crust is very thick, the mantle is very thin
D
the crust is extremely hot, while the mantle is quite cool
11) Where in the Earths layers do convection currents occur?
A
inner core
B
atmosphere
C
asthenosphere
D
lithosphere
12) What type of rock makes up oceanic crust?
A
granite
B
basalt
C
sandstone
D
schist
13) What type of rock makes up continental crust?
A
basalt
B
granite
C
sandstone
D
schist
14) Non volcanic, continental mountains, such as the Himalayas form from...
A
ocean and continent collisions
B
continental-continental collisions
C
continental crust spreading apart from ocean crust
D
ocean crust spreading apart
15) The term that describes one plate sinking below another plate is...
A
combustion
B
construction
C
destruction
D
subduction
16) Average plate movement is measured in ______, and is equal to how fast ____________ grow
A
cm, hair
B
inches, feet
C
feet, plants
D
cm, fingernails
17) these volcanoes, such as the ones making up Hawaii, can help track plate movement
A
pinotubo and krakatoa
B
cold spots
C
composite
D
hot spots
18) The reason most earthqukes occur at the plate boundaries is because...
A
this is where the stress builds up as the plates move
B
this is where California is
C
this is where the crust is thickest
D
there is no reason, it is random
19) The San Andreas fault in California is along this type of boundary...
A
reverse-slip
B
convergent
C
transform
D
divergent
20) Folded mountains form along this type of boundary...
A
transform
B
divergent
C
strike-slip
D
convergent
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