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What theory describes how tectonic plates move and cause geological events.
a) The theory of plate tectonics
b) The theory of earth layers
c) the theory of Earth's locations
d) the theory of convection currents

The asthenosphere is made up of...
a) the crust and upper mantle
b) the mantle where the convection currents are found
c) the tectonic plates
d) the core

Sea floor spreading, ocean basins, and mid ocean ridges form when plates move...
a) sliding past each other at a transform boundary
b) toward each other at a convergent boundary
c) away from each other at a divergent boundary
d)

Tectonic plate movement causes...
a) volcanos
b) Mountains
c) Sea floor spreading
d) ALL of these

What is most likely to form at a subduction zone where a more dense oceanic plate sinks below a less dense continental plate?
a) (non-volcanic) mountains
b) volcanos
c) forests
d) more tectonic plates

The lithosphere is...
a) the crust only
b) the mantle only
c) a layer of crust and the solid upper-most mantle
d) the core

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

Which layer of the earth is made of liquid iron and nickel?
a) crust
b) mantle
c) outer core
d) inner core

Which layer of the earth has the convection currents?
a) crust
b) mantle
c) outer core
d) inner core

At the place where magma comes up at a divergent boundary between oceanic plates, what is formed?
a) new ocean floor/ ocean basins
b) new sea mounds
c) new kelp forests
d) new subduction zones

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