Social 6 unit 3 lesson 2 Quiz

What is the name of the thick, molten rock flowing underground?

• Magma

• Lava

• Pyroclast

• Tephra

What is the name of the elongated oval hills formed by glaciers?

• Moraines

• Drumlins

• Eskers

• Kames

What is the name of the deep, narrow valley with very steep sides formed by water erosion?

• Canyon

• Gorge

• Ravine

• Valley

What is the name of the layer of molten rock that surrounds the inner core of the Earth?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer core

• Inner core

What is the name of the layer of rock that forms the outermost layer of the Earth?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

• Lithosphere

What is the name of the series of plates that make up the Earth's surface and are always moving?

• Crustal plates

• Tectonic plates

• Lithospheric plates

• All of the above

What is the name of the process that breaks up and removes the rocks and soils that form the surface of the Earth?

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Sedimentation

What is the term for the molten rock that flows out onto the Earth's surface during a volcanic eruption?

• Magma

• Lava

• Pyroclast

• Tephra

What is the name of the part of the Earth's surface positioned directly above the focus of an earthquake?

• Boundary

• Epicenter

• Fault plane

• Rift zone

What is the name of the weak place between two plates where earthquakes take place?

• Boundary

• Epicenter

• Fault plane

• Rift zone