Geography - Tectonic Plates

What does the Earth's crust compare to in the peach analogy?

• The stone on the inside

• The thick layer of yellow flesh

• The seed within the stone

• The thin hard skin

What are the two main parts of the Earth's core?

• The lithosphere and the asthenosphere

• The outer core and the inner core

• The upper mantle and the lower mantle

• The mantle and the crust

What is the lithosphere made up of?

• The crust and the upper mantle

• The upper mantle and the outer core

• The crust and the inner core

• The crust and the lower mantle

What was the supercontinent called that existed 335 million years ago?

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Eurasia

• Gondwana

What causes the tectonic plates to move?

• Gravitational pull from the moon

• Convection currents within the mantle

• Magnetic fields within the core

• Rotation of the Earth on its axis

What type of plate margin forms new geological features like volcanoes?

• Destructive or convergent

• Conservative or transform

• Constructive or divergent

• Isostatic or equilibrium

What process is responsible for the formation of the Himalayas?

• Volcanic eruption

• Erosion and sedimentation

• Destructive or convergent plate margin

• Constructive or divergent plate margin

What evidence supports the theory that all continents were once connected?

• All of the above

• Fossils of animals that couldn't swim or fly found on different continents

• Matching coastlines of Africa and South America

• Similar rock formations on different continents

What is the hottest part of the Earth?

• The inner core

• The crust

• The mantle

• The outer core

What phenomenon occurs at a conservative or transform plate margin?

• Plates sliding against each other causing earthquakes

• Subduction of one plate under another

• Formation of new crust

• Plates melting due to extreme heat