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Pressure increases with depth toward the center of Earth. In which layer would you expect pressure to be the greatest?
a) inner core
b) outer core
c) mantle
d) crust
Earth’s solid inner core is surrounded by the hot, molten metal of which layer?
a) inner core
b) outer core
c) mantle
d) crust
Sea floor spreading and mid-ocean ridges occur at
a) divergent boundary on land
b) divergent boundary in ocean
c) Convergent Boundary: continental crust to contental crust
d) Convergent Boundary: Continental Crust to Oceanic Crust
Mountain Ranges on land will occur at
a) divergent boundary on land
b) divergent boundary in ocean
c) Convergent Boundary: continental crust to contental crust
d) Convergent Boundary: Continental Crust to Oceanic Crust
A rift valley forms at
a) divergent boundary on land
b) divergent boundary in ocean
c) Convergent Boundary: continental crust to contental crust
d) Convergent Boundary: continental curst to oceanic crust
What is moving in the mantle?
a) glitter
b) wax
c) water
d) magma
The sun warming your skin and a fire providing heat is an example of
a) convection currents
b) conduction
c) radiation
d) convection
Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth’s
a) continents
b) mantle
c) lithosphere
d) inner core
Before lava reaches the surface, the molten material is called
a) rock
b) volcanic ash
c) liquid fire
d) magma
Heat transfer within a fluid takes place by
a) convection currents
b) conduction
c) radiation
d) density
Mid-ocean ridges and sea-floor spreading occurs at a
a) divergent boundary
b) convergent boundary
c) transform boundary
d) deep ocean trenches
t a convergent boundary where a deep-ocean trench occurs, the crust is
a) cooling
b) diverging
c) creating new crust
d) subducting
A place where two plates move or slip past each other in opposite directions, is known as a
a) divergent boundary
b) convergent boundary
c) transform boundary
d) rift valley
The place where two tectonic plates collide together is called
a) divergent boundary
b) convergent boundary
c) transform boundary
d) sea floor spreading
Earth’s lithosphere (or crust) is broken into separate sections called
a) trenches
b) plates
c) faults
d) rifts
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by
a) convection currents in the mantle
b) conduction in the mantle
c) Earth's magnetic field
d) earthquakes
The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere (or crust) are in constant, slow motion is the theory of
a) subduction zone
b) sea-floor spreading
c) plate tectonics
d) deep ocean trenches
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as
a) convection
b) conduction
c) continental drift
d) subduction
In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts
a) along the edges of continents
b) at the North and South Poles
c) along mid-ocean ridges
d) in deep ocean trenches
You might find volcanoes
a) at convergent boundaries
b) at hot spots
c) along the edges of the tectonic plates
d) all choices are correct
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