Unit 5: Earth's Systems Question Preview (ID: 47009)


Layers Of The Earth, Rock Cycle, Plates Movements, And Plate Boundaries. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Which plate boundaries cause ocean basins to form?
a) Transform
b) Convergent
c) Divergent
d) Weathering

Which layer of the Earth has convection currents?
a) Inner Core
b) Outer Core
c) Mantle
d) Crust

What land formations can convergent boundaries cause to form?
a) mountains
b) ocean trenches
c) volcanoes
d) all the above

Which plate movement causes earthquakes?
a) Transform
b) Convergent
c) Divergent
d) Weathering

How are sedimentary rocks created?
a) cementation and compaction
b) heat and pressure
c) cooling magma
d) weathering, erosion and deposition

Which rock forms from extreme heat and pressure
a) Minerals
b) Metamorphic
c) Igneous
d) Sedimentary

How are igneous rocks formed?
a) cementation and compaction
b) heat and pressure
c) cooling magma
d) weathering, erosion, and deposition

Which layer contains the tectonic plates?
a) Inner Core
b) Outer Core
c) Mantle
d) Crust

Which layer of Earth is the hottest layer?
a) Inner core
b) outer core
c) mantle
d) crust

Which is the correct order of the layers of the Earth from least dense to most dense?
a) Crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
b) inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
c) crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d) crust, mantle, inner core, outer core

What causes the plate tectonics to move?
a) The convection currents in the mantle
b) The Earth's rotation
c) Gravity
d) Wind blowing across Earth's surface

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