6.10ABCD - Earth Science

6.10A-1
How have scientists been able to study Earth's mantle?

• In some places, Earth's crust thins enough to see mantle.
• Earth's surface heat warms te crust turning it into mantle.
• Cooling crust material becomes mantle over time.
• In some places, Mantle rock pushes to Earths surface.

6.10A-2
Which layer of Earth extends from below the mantle to the center of Earth?

• Continental crust
• Core
• Oceanic Crust
• Mantle

6.10A-3
Madison and Jorge constructed the model of Earth shown.  What would be the correct order of layers from the outside of Earth to the inside.

• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
• crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

6.10C-1
Which plate borders the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

• Cocos Plate
• Nazca Plate
• Pacific Plate
• African Plate

6.10C-2
Ali is about to conduct a field investigation about plate tectonics.  She wants to study a plate made almost entirely of dense rock.  Look at the diagram above.  Which plate would be a good choice for Ali to study.

•  Eurasian Plate
• Pacific Plate
• North American Plate
• South American Plate

6.10C-3
On the map shown, note the two active volcanoes located to the west of the North America that are not near a plate boundary.  Which tectonic plate are these volcanoes located on?

• Eurasian Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Australian Plate
• African Plate

6.10C-3
Geologists have measured the movement between location during field investigations of plate tectonics and created from their data the chart shown.  Positive numbers show that locations are moving apart and negative number show that the distance between the locations is getting smaller.  Which of the following sets of locations must be on separate plates that share a divergent boundary?

• Hawaii and Japan
• Florida and Germany
• Galapagos Islands and South America
• Hawaii and Alaska

6.10D-1
The majority of volcanoes are located in the Pacific Ocean in an area called the Ring of Fire.  How is the location of volcanoes in the Ring of Fire related to tectonic plate boundaries?

• Most volcanoes in the Ring of Fire are located at hot spots
• Most volcanoes in the Ring of Fire are located along a mid-ocean Ridge.
• There is no consistent pattern in the location of volcanoes in the Ring of Fire.
• Most volcanoes in the Ring of Fire are located where an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate.

6.10D-2
Which of the following is not explained by plate tectonics?

• earthquakes
• mountain building
• floods
• volcanoe

Which type of plate boundary is the San Andreas fault?

• Divergent Boundary
• Convergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Strike-Slip Boundary