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stress that pushes rock in opposite directions until it breaks....
a) shearing
b) tension
c) compression
d) syncline

A force that acts on a rock to change its shape or volume is called....
a) folding
b) stress
c) tension
d) anger

When a transform boundary happens, what is the effect?
a) sea-floor spreading
b) volcanoes
c) rift valleys
d) earthquakes

what boundary is created by two plates sliding past each other?
a) transform
b) divergent
c) convergent
d)

what boundary is caused by plates moving away?
a) divergent
b) transform
c) convergent
d)

what boundary is formed by collisions of plates?
a) transform
b) divergent
c) convergent
d)

subduction...
a) destroys old crust
b) makes new crust
c) bakes cakes
d) likes long walks on the beach

The process of new oceanic crust forming is.....
a) sea-floor spreading
b) crust spreading
c) rift valley making
d) subduction

What is the theory of continental drift?
a) the hypothesis that the continents were once further apart
b) the hypothesis that the continents once formed a single land mass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.
c) the hypothesis that the continents once formed a single land mass and are drifting back into that land mass
d)

What consists of all the crust as well as the upper, ridged part of the mantle?
a) lithosphere
b) asthenosphere
c) mesosphere
d) sphere

What is created by the dynamo effect in the inner core?
a) magnetic field
b) convection current
c) tired teachers
d) snow

The only liquid layer is the......
a) crust
b) outer core
c) inner core
d) mantle

What is it called when heat rises and cool sinks?
a) mantle current
b) core current
c) ocean current
d) convection current

Which layer contains most of the earth's mass?
a) crust
b) mantle
c) outer core
d) inner core

What is the thinnest layer of the earth?
a) inner core
b) mantle
c) crust
d) outer core

The earth is primarily composed of.....
a) crust
b) magma
c) rock
d) graham cracker

About how much of the earth is covered by water?
a) 75%
b) 25%
c) 80%
d) 70%

fold in a rock that bends upwards is....
a) anticline
b) syncline
c)
d)

stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks is called....
a) shearing
b) tension
c) compression
d) hanging wall

stress that pulls rock until it becomes thinner in the middle or breaks is called...
a) folding
b) shearing
c) compression
d) tension

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