Earth Science Quiz

What is another word for the Earth’s crust?

• Mantle

• Asthenosphere

• Core

• Lithosphere

What is the theory that Earth’s surface is made up of rigid plates pushed by forces inside the planet?

• Tidal Wave

• Glacial Erosion

• Plate Tectonics

• Volcanic Eruption

What is the circular motion created when warmer material rises and draws down cooler material?

• Tectonic Drift

• Magnetic Pole

• Convection Flow

• Seismic Wave

What is the soft, weak layer under the lithosphere upon which the tectonic plates move?

• Mantle

• Asthenosphere

• Crust

• Outer Core

Where are divergent boundaries usually located?

• Deserts

• Ocean Floors

• Mountains

• Continents

What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault near San Francisco, California?

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Subduction

What landform is created when two continental plates meet and compress against each other?

• Fjord

• Fold Mountains

• Valley

• Canyon

What type of erosion occurs when water flows across the surface of Earth?

• Wind Erosion

• Chemical Erosion

• Ice Erosion

• Water Erosion

What is a large, perennial accumulation of crystalline ice, snow, rock, and sediment that moves downslope under the influence of its weight and gravity?

• Canyon

• Glacier

• Valley

• Fjord

What landform is a deep, steep-walled, V-shaped valley cut by a river through resistant rock?

• Canyon

• Valley

• Fjord

• Glacier