Ch. 3 Test Review, Plate Tectonics Question Preview (ID: 38594)


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Earth's inner core is
a) a dense ball of solid metal
b) a layer of molten rock
c) a layer of hot rock
d) a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin

In sea floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts
a) along the edges of all the continets
b) along mid ocean ridges
c) in deep ocean trenches
d) at the north and south poles

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as
a) convection
b) continental drift
c) subduction
d) conduction

The place where 2 plates move apart from one another is a ________ boundary
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) subvergent
d) transform

Which layer of earth is made of soft rock that bends like plastic?
a) crust
b) lithosphere
c) asthenosphere
d) mantle

Which layer of Earth is molten metals?
a) inner core
b) asthenosphere
c) lithosphere
d) outer core

Feeling the warm of the sun is an example of this type of heat transfer.
a) conduction
b) radiation
c) convection
d) reaction

A boiling pot of water is an example of this type of heat transfer.
a) conductions
b) convections
c) connections
d) radiation

_______ and _________ increase with depth toward the center of the Earth.
a) Temperature and pressure
b) Temperature and time
c) Pressure and metals
d) Pressure and depth

The lithosphere is broken into sections called ______.
a) layers
b) continents
c) plates
d) oceans

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