Elevate Earth Topic

"Subduction" is a type of ___________________ boundary.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• None of these are correct

Sea Floor Spreading would be considered a type of ___________________ boundary.

• divergent

• convergent

• subduction

• transform

A seismograph measures _________________________.

• earthquake intensity

• volcanic intensity

• sea spreading distance

• lava density

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One of the clues that scientists used to discover which continents used to be connected to each other were _______________________.

• fossils

• mountain ranges

• shape of continents

• All of these are correct

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Which of our planet's layers is made up of primarily iron and nickel?

• inner core

• outer core

• lithosphere

• mantle

The oldest time period listed below is the _________________.

• Precambrian period

• Cenozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

• Paleozoic Era

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Volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean region are called the ______________________.

• Ring of Fire

• Lava Flows

• Magma Mountains

• Tsunami Fields

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Who is the scientist associated with the theory of Continental Drift?

• Alfred Wegener

• Ben Franklin

• Nikolas Tesla

• Charles Darwin

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What is a non-renewable resource?

• A resource that can be replaced or recycled.

• A resource that will not run out.

• A resource that cannot be replaced at all, or cannot be replaced as fast as people use it.

Mount Everest grows 2 inches per year as the tectonic plates below it move toward each other. Which of Earth's processes causes this?

• weathering

• Earth crust movement

• land mass motion

• erosion and deposition

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