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What is Pangaea?
A supercontinent that existed approximately 335 million years ago.
What is sediment?
A. Small pieces of rock
B. One huge rock
C. Stone that is hard to break
D. Stone that can be broken with ease
A. Small pieces of rock
Where are most earthquakes created?
Along the edge of the oceanic and continental plates.
Which direction did the South American plate move from the African plate?
A. North
B. South
C. East
D. West
D. West
What happens at convergent plate boundaries?
Two plates move together. One of the plates goes down to the mantle, when destroyed it forms a trench.
What scientist came up with the theory of Pangaea?
Alfred Wegener
What theory explains why Pangaea broke apart?
Continental Drift
What causes earthquakes?
The motion of tectonic plates.
True of False: Lava is above the surface and magma is below the surface.
True.
What is a cross section?
A. A diagram that shows the bottom of something.
B. A diagram that shows the top of something.
C. A diagram that shows the inside of something.
B. A diagram that shows the center of something.
C. A diagram that shows the inside of something.
Where is the "Ring of Fire" located?
A. Indian Ocean
B. Atlantic Ocean
C. Pacific Ocean
D. Southern Ocean
C. Pacific Ocean
What is one way a rock can form?
By either melting, eroding, cooling, or deforming.
How do plates move at convergent plate boundaries?
They move towards each other.
How do plates move at divergent plate boundaries?
They move apart from each other.
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
Convergent, Divergent, and Transform.
How do plates move at transform boundaries?
A. They slide against each other
B. They scrape against each other
C. They move apart
D. They move together
B. They scrape against each other
What causes plates to move?
Convection currents from the mantle.
What happens at transform boundaries?
Earthquakes form there.
How is an igneous rock formed?
When hot molten rock cools down and crystallizes.
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
A. Weathering and Erosion
B. Melting and Compacting
C. Lava Cooling
D. Elevated pressure
A. Weathering and Erosion
True or False: Are submarine mountain ranges, earthquake activities, and volcanic activities formed from convergent plate boundaries?
False. Those are formed from divergent plate boundaries.
What are the layers of the earth? (outside to inside)
A. Crust, Higher Mantle, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core
B. Crust, Upper Mantle, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core
C. Crust, Upper Mantle, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core
D. Inner Core, Outer Core, mantle, upper Mantle, and Crust
B. Crust, Upper Mantle, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core
What can be formed a divergent plate boundaries?
A. Trenches
B. Volcanoes
C. Rift Valleys and Mid-Ocean Ridges
D. Mountains
C. Rift Valleys and Mid-Ocean Ridges
What are the layers of the earth? (Inside to Outside)
A. Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core
B. Inner Core, Outer Core, Crust, and Mantle
C. Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, and Crust
D. Inner Core, Mantle, Outer Core, and Crust
C. Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, and Crust
What is the inner core primarily made from?
A. Magma
B. Molten iron and nickel.
C. Molten iron and stone.
D. Molten iron and magma.
D.
B. Molten iron and nickel.