Earth's Outer Layer Quiz

What is the theory that explains how the Earth's continents have moved over time?

• Plate tectonics

• Global warming

What is the sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates?

• Tsunami

• Hurricane

• Earthquake

• Volcano eruption

What geological feature is formed when magma, ash, and gases escape through the Earth's crust?

• Earthquake

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Volcano

What are the preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms found in the Earth's crust?

• Fossils

• Volcanoes

• Rocks

What is the name of the boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other?

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

What is the term for the study of the Earth's physical structure and substance?

• biology

• geology

Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation.

• Plate

• Outer Layer

What is a diagram that shows what something looks like.

HINT: in the inside (AN APPLE SLICE)

• Cross section

• Landform