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What occurs along faults?
a) tornados
b) hurricanes
c) earthquakes
d) sedimentation

A break in rock along which the ground has moved on either side is:
a) an anticline.
b) a syncline.
c) a fault.
d) a sinkhole.

What feature occurs where plates converge?
a) rift valleys
b) mid-ocean ridges
c) mountain ranges
d) strike slip faults

Which of the following pieces of evidence supports the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
a) the size and shape of the Earth
b) the composition of the layers of the Earth
c) tectonic plates can be observed on the surface of the Moon
d) similar mountain ranges found on different continents

Plate tectonics explains _____.
a) the movement of continents
b) differences in animal behavior in South America and Africa
c) the development of plants on South America
d) the content of the Earth's core

What is Pangaea?
a) the process by which tectonic plates move around the Earth
b) the name of the scientist who first discovered plate tectonics
c) the name of the ancient supercontinent
d) a type of thick, sticky lava What

The theory that the continents move over the Earth's surface is the theory of:
a) the big bang.
b) continental drift.
c) evolution.
d) relativity.

Which of the following is a result of underwater volcanoes erupting many years ago?
a) the Great Lakes were formed
b) the Rocky Mountains were formed
c) the Hawaiian Islands were formed
d) the Grand Canyon was formed

Why would it be more likely that you would see lava as opposed to magma?
a) Lava is the term for magma after it has flowed out of the ground.
b) Magma is much hotter than lava so you cannot see it as well.
c) Magma can only be found and seen at the bottom of the ocean.
d) Magma is much darker in color than lava so it is harder to see.

Where are most volcanoes located?
a) in Africa
b) in the middle of tectonic plates
c) along the edges of tectonic plates
d) in the middle of continents

Mountain ranges like the Appalachians and Himalayas formed when tectonic plates slowly collided. What kind of mountains are
a) volcanic mountains
b) folded mountains
c) fault-block mountains
d) dome mountains

What are tectonic plates?
a) large chunks of rock that make up Earth's crust
b) large chunks of rock that only make up continents
c) small chunks of rock which make up mountain ranges
d) small chunks of rock that are in Earth's layers

At transform boundaries, tectonic plates _______.
a) move apart
b) slide past each other
c) collide
d) do not move

At convergent boundaries, the tectonic plates _______________.
a) move apart
b) slide past each other
c) collide
d) do not move

Tectonic plates move constantly in response to movements in the Earth's _____________.
a) how minerals are distributed
b) geographic features
c) fossils
d) all of the above

The movement of tectonic plates is believed to be caused by __________.
a) convection currents in the mantle
b) Earth's magnetic field
c) the rotation of Earth
d) the gravitational pull of the moon

Which layer of the Earth is solid iron and nickel?
a) mantle
b) crust
c) inner core
d) outer core

Identify the four layers of the Earth.
a) crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
b) land, sea bottom, outer core, inner core
c) soil, crust, outer core, inner core
d) crust, subduction zone, outer core, inner core

What evidence supports the theory of plate tectonics?
a) lithosphere
b) asthenosphere
c) inner core
d) outer core

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