Layers Of The Earth/Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Review Question Preview (ID: 46579)


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The somewhat fluid portion of the mantle upon which the lithosphere is located
a) Asthenosphere
b) Lithosphere
c) Crust
d) Inner core

Process by which overlying pressure from rocks and soil reduces the size or volume of sediments
a) Cementation
b) Erosion
c) Compaction
d) Deposition

The region inside the Earth between the core and the crust.
a) Crust
b) Mantle
c) Inner Core
d) Outer Core

Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away
a) Compaction
b) Cementation
c) Deposition
d) Erosion

Rock fragments that have been transported to a different location.
a) Sediment
b) Beach
c) Rocks
d) Sand

The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.
a) Erosion
b) Weathering
c) Deposition
d) Cementation

Is the process where tectonic plates converge press together to form mountains
a) Divergent Boundary
b) Mountain Building
c) Lithosphere
d) Earthquake

Distinct sections of the lithosphere which make up the outermost layer of the Earth
a) Dinner Plates
b) Transform Boundary
c) Plates
d)

The sudden occurrence of of a violent discharge of steam and lava from a volcano
a) Volcanic Eruptions
b) Earthquake
c) Lava
d)

a current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid
a) Conduction
b) Cake
c) Convection current
d)

Theory that describes plate movement and how it affects Earth's geologic features
a) Theory of plate tectonics
b) Dinner plates
c) Convection currents
d)

Formation of new oceanic crust due to the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges
a) Sea floor spreading
b) Subduction zone
c)
d)

A region where two lithospheric plates meet
a) Lithosphere
b) Asthenosphere
c) Earthquake
d) Plate boundary

Which plate boundary makes rift valleys?
a) Continental and continental divergence
b) Oceanic and oceanic divergence
c) Transform
d) Continental and continental convergence

Which plate boundary(ies) make non-volcanic mountains?
a) Continental and Continental Divergence
b) Continental and Continental Convergence
c) Continental and Oceanic Convergence
d) Oceanic and Oceanic Convergence

Which plate boundary(ies) make a trench?
a) Oceanic and Oceanic Divergence
b) Continental and Continental Convergence
c) Continental and Oceanic Convergence
d)

Transform plate boundaries occur where tectonic plates...
a) Move Together
b) Grind Past Each Other
c) Move Apart
d)

Divergent plate boundaries occur where tectonic plates...
a) Move Together
b) Grind Past Each Other
c) Move Apart
d)

Convergent plate boundaries occur where tectonic plates...
a) Move Together
b) Grind Past Each Other
c) Move Apart
d)

Which plate boundary(ies) make volcanoes?
a) Continental and Oceanic Convergence
b) Continental and Continental Convergence
c) Transform
d)

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