7P2 EARTH PHYSICS

Earth's thin outer layer, the _____________, is made almost entirely of light elements.

• Core

• Crust

• Mantle

• Surfaces

What type of plate boundary will most likely be associated with the fault shown?

• divergent

• transform

• convergent

• tectonics

When the people on Earth cannot see a Moon, which phase is the Moon in?

• Full moon

• Waxing Crescent

• New Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

Put the layers of Earth in order from outside layer to inside layer.

• crust, core, mantle

• core, mantle, crust

• mantle, core, crust

• crust, mantle, core

What is the phase of the Moon at position #5?

• New Moon

• First Quarter Moon

• Third Quarter Moon

• Full Moon

Earthquakes most often occur

• in the middle of tectonic plates

• anywhere near a tectonic plate.

• only in the 'Ring of Fire'.

• on the boundary of tectonic plates.

Who is the German Scientist that came up with the theory of the Continental Drift?

• Albert Einstein

• Ms. Stukel

• Galileo

• Alfred Wegener

What type of eclipse occurs when the moon blocks the sun's light and cast a shadow on earth?

• Solar eclipse

• Lunar eclipse

• Moon eclipse

• Tectonics

If the sun is completely blocked by the moon you are seeing a _________

• partial lunar eclipse

• total lunar eclipse

• partial solar eclipse

• total solar eclipse

Describe the most likely relationship between these mountains and nearby tectonic plates.

• The mountains are probably formed by earthquakes.

• The mountains are probably located near the edge of 2 tectonic plates.

• The mountains are probably formed by the movement of glaciers.

• The mountains are probably formed by running water.