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The tectonic plates are all moving in the same direction.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

When two continental plates collide, _______form.
a) Subduction zones
b) Mountains
c) Valleys
d) Oceans

When a continental plate and oceanic plate collides, the oceanic plate sinks beneath and causes.
a) rivers
b) subduction zones
c) Faults
d) Valleys

Earth's surface is formed in layers, where are the oldest layers located?
a) in the bottom layers
b) in the top layers
c) in the middle layers
d) all rocks are the same age

Earthquakes can cause elevation changes (land to rise or sink).
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

he continents were all once connected as one large land mass called______.
a) Fossil mountain
b) Pangea
c) America
d) sedimentary land

The rock deep below the ocean bottom is denser than the rock deep below the continents.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Molten rock ABOVE the surface of the Earth.
a) magma
b) bedrock
c) lava
d) sheet rock

Plates move in different directions, they can move towards each other, away from each other, and slide past each other.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

As we move deeper underground, rocks become increasingly
a) less dense
b) hotter
c) darker in color
d) lighter in color

The solid part of the Earth that contains the plates
a) mantle
b) core
c) Crust
d) rock

The part of Earth under the crust where rock gets hot enough to melt
a) Core
b) Mantle
c) Crust
d) Bedrock

Rocks have the ability to change.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

A large break in the land that typically reaches down to the bedrock
a) Crack
b) Fracture/fault
c) Opening
d) Portal

Large sheets of rock
a) Magma
b) Sediment
c) Lava
d) Bedrock

Which of the following rocks would have the highest temperature?
a) One at the bottom of the ocean
b) One 500 ft below Earth's surface
c) One 30 ft below Earth's surface
d) One on the beach

Based on our research so far, all mountains move in the same direction
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Small pieces that have broken from larger rocks are called:
a) Dirt
b) Sediment
c) lava
d) chocolate chips

Mt. Everest is currently getting _____ each year.
a) Shorter
b) more snow
c) taller
d) Warmer

____ receivers at different places on the mountain help scientists determine the height and location of Mt. Everest
a) Antenna
b) GPS
c) Satellite
d) Seismographs

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