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Non volcanic, continental mountains, such as the Himalayas form from...
a) continental-continental collisions
b) ocean and continent collisions
c) continental crust spreading apart from ocean crust
d) ocean crust spreading apart

What type of rock makes up continental crust?
a) granite
b) basalt
c) sandstone
d) schist

What type of rock makes up oceanic crust?
a) granite
b) basalt
c) sandstone
d) schist

Where in the Earths layers do convection currents occur?
a) asthenosphere
b) lithosphere
c) atmosphere
d) inner core

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

This is the main cause of plate movement...
a) hot spots
b) ocean waves
c) convection currents in the asthenosphere
d) convection currents in the lithosphere

At this plate boundary crust is neither created or destroyed...
a) divergent
b) transform
c) convergent
d) reverse

New crust forms along this type of boundary...
a) divergent
b) convergent
c) transform
d) strike slip

These are the three main types of plate boundaries...
a) ridge, rift, earthquake
b) convergent, transform, strike slip
c) strike slip, thrust, reverse
d) transform, convergent, divergent

Which best describes a tectonic plate?
a) slab of crust and upper mantle
b) slab of asthenosphere and crust
c) slab of crust only
d) slab of ocean crust only

Wegeners hypothesis that helps explain how similar fossils appear on separate continents...
a) ice age theory
b) law of superposition
c) string theory
d) continental drift

The inner and outer core are both made of...
a) cheese
b) liquid metal
c) hot metals
d) cold metals

This is what scientists use to determine the layers of the Earth...
a) cameras
b) seismic waves
c) magic
d) tsunamis

Earths layers from the center to the surface are...
a) inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
b) crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
c) mantle, crust, core, lithosphere
d) inner core, outer core, crust, mantle

The term that describes one plate sinking below another plate is...
a) combustion
b) construction
c) destruction
d) subduction

Average plate movement is measured in ______, and is equal to how fast ____________ grow
a) cm, fingernails
b) cm, hair
c) inches, feet
d) feet, plants

these volcanoes, such as the ones making up Hawaii, can help track plate movement
a) hot spots
b) cold spots
c) composite
d) pinotubo and krakatoa

The reason most earthqukes occur at the plate boundaries is because...
a) there is no reason, it is random
b) this is where the stress builds up as the plates move
c) this is where the crust is thickest
d) this is where California is

The San Andreas fault in California is along this type of boundary...
a) reverse-slip
b) divergent
c) convergent
d) transform

Folded mountains form along this type of boundary...
a) convergent
b) transform
c) divergent
d) strike-slip

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