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Chapter 4 Of Inside The Restless Earth. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

The last supercontinent
a) Pangaea
b) inner core
c) crust
d) outer core

pieces of the lithosphere
a) core
b) crust
c) tectonic plates
d)

When tension breaks a rock layer it makes a _____________________ fault.
a) normal
b) reverse
c) divergent
d)

the outside layer of the Earth
a) Pangaea
b) crust
c) inner core
d) tectonic plates

Earth's liquid layer
a) inner core
b) crust
c) apple core
d) Pangaea

surface of a broken rock layer
a) fault
b) fold
c) seismic wave
d) asthenosphere

bending of a rock layer
a) asthenosphere
b) fold
c) fault
d)

help to measure the thickness of the Earth
a) sea-floor spreading
b) fold
c) seismic wave
d) fault

a layer of flowing rock
a) asthenosphere
b) fold
c) fault
d) seismic wave

What can tectonic plates form when they converge?
a) mountains
b) strike-slip fault
c) mid-ocean ridges
d) asthenosphere

What is it called when Earth's magnetic poles change places?
a) magnetic reversal
b) sea-floor spreading
c) continental drift
d) strike-slip fault

What is the idea that all continents were part of one big landmass?
a) continental drift
b) oceanic drift
c) oceanic theory
d) continental theory

What is tension
a) stress pulling an object
b) stress squeezing an object
c) stress breaking an object
d) stress releasing an object

What is compression?
a) stress squeezing an object
b) stress pulling an object
c) stress breaking an object
d) stress releasing an object

What do scientists use the global positioning system for?
a) to measure tectonic plate motion
b) to measure the Earth's thickness
c) to make images of tectonic plates
d) to locate fossils

Which of the following is associated with transform boundaries?
a) earthquakes
b) sea-floor spreading
c) magnetic reversals
d) slab pull

What happens at mid-ocean ridges?
a) sea-floor spreading
b) magnetic reversals
c) strike-slip faults
d) earthquakes

What does the theory of continental drift explain?
a) Why continents move
b) the layers of the Earth
c) how volcanoes formed
d) how oceans formed

Tectonic plates move together to form a _______________________ boundary.
a) sea-floor spreading
b) convergent
c) magnetic reversals
d) reverse

When compression breaks a rock layer it makes a __________________ fault.
a) divergent
b) normal
c) sea-floor spreading
d) reverse

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