SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT-ONLINE CLASS

The crust and upper mantle make up Earth’s __________

• Asthenosphere

• Core

• Continents

• Lithosphere

Which statement about the Earth’s crusts is CORRECT?

• Continental and oceanic crusts have the same weight.

• Continental crust is heavier than oceanic crust.

• Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust.

• Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust.

What do we call the continuously moving part of the earth’s crust?

• Fault

• Fissure

• Fractured

• Plate

A land mass that projects well above its surroundings is a mountain. What do you call a chain of mountains?

• mountain area

• mountain chain

• mountain range

• mountainous

It is the location on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.a. centerb. direct centerc. epic centerd. epicenter

• Center

• Direct center

• Epic center

• Epicenter

If an earthquake begins while you are in a building, the safest thing for you to do is ______.

• Call home

• Duck near a wall

• Get under the strongest table, chair or other piece of furniture

• lie flat on the floor and cover your head with your hands

The boundary between two plates moving toward each other is called a _________.

• Divergent boundary

• Transform-Fault boundary

• Lithosphere

• Convergent boundary

Seafloor spreading is located at _________________________.

• Transform-fault boundary

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Indian plate

The East African Rift is an example of a _____________.

• Mid-ocean Ridge

• Convergent boundary

• Rift Valley

• Transform-fault plate boundary

The Himalayan mountain range of India was formed at the __________.

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Hot spot

• Transform-fault boundary