Composition, Earthquakes, Volcanoes

What is the largest layer of the Earth?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

What is plate tectonics?

• The theory that the Earth is made of different layers

• The movement of the plates over millions of years

• The theory that the Earth's lithosphere is made of different plates of different shapes and sizes

• The theory that the continents have been moving for millions of years

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What is continental drift?

• A supercontinent

• The theory that the Earth is at the center of the solar system

• The theory that the Earth is made of different layers

• The theory that the continents have been drifting apart for millions of years

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Which of the following is NOT proof of continental drift?

• Fossil records show very similar animals have lived in places that are far apart today, such as South America and Africa.

• Some creatures, such as sharks, have been almost exactly the same for millions of years.

• The rock on the seafloor closest to the mid-ocean ridge is much younger than the rock farther away from the ridge.

• Satellite measurements show that North Carolina is moving away from England at 1.4 inches per year.

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What causes volcanoes at convergent boundaries?

• There are no known reasons for volcanoes, they just form at random.

• There is a hotter part of the mantle that is able to break through the crust.

• The old crust spreads apart, allowing the mantle to bubble up and form a volcano.

• The lighter crust gets pushed into the mantle and melts. The melted rock bubbles up through the crust to form volcanoes.

New crust is formed at which type of plate boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

The place where the movement happens in an earthquake is called what?

• The seismograph

• The focus

• The magma chamber

• The amplitude

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Which of the following is not a place where you would find a volcano?

• At a hotspot

• At a divergent plate boundary

• At a convergent plate boundary

• At a transform plate boundary

Which of the following is not a shape of a volcano?

• Cinder

• Shield

• Extinct

• Composite

What is the name of number 3?

• Main vent

• Magma chamber

• Side vent

• Ash cloud

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