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Unit 1 Test Review
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The lithosphere is made out of
a. The crust and upper mantle
b. The mantle and upper core
c. The crust and upper crust
d. The upper core and core
The mantle is composed of
a. Rigid rock
b. Melted iron and nickel
c. Molten Rock
d. Liquid Iron and nickel
Three pieces of evidence that support
the theory of continental drift include
Fossils
Landforms
Climate
What is the correct order for the
layers of the Earth from surface to the
center?
a. Outer core, inner core, asthenosphere, lithosphere
b. Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
c. Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
d. Lithosphere, asthenosphere, inner core, outer core
Which layer is made of solid and liquid
and is described as a soft, flowing
solid?
a. Outer core
b. Crust
c. Lithosphere
d. Mantle
Which type of crust is more dense?
a. Continental
b. Oceanic
Which type of crust is more dense?
a. Old oceanic crust
b. New oceanic crust
Which is the thinnest layer of the
Earth?
a. Mantle
b. Inner core
c. Outer core
d. Crust
Which is the largest, thickest layer of
the Earth?
a. Crust
b. Inner Core
c. Outer Core
d. Mantle
This layer has the greatest amount of
pressure
• The crust
• The inner core
• The outer core
• The mantle
Two plates rubbing against each other
is a __________ boundary. This causes
___________ to occur.
a. convergent, mountains
b. Divergent, mountains
c. Transform, earthquakes
d. Transform, volcanoes
Two plates colliding into each other is
a ___________ boundary. This type of
boundary forms ___________.
a. transform, mountains
b. Divergent, volcanoes
c. Transform, earthquakes
d. Convergent, mountains
What occurs in the mantle that causes
the movement of plates?
a. Volcanic and seismic activity
b. Convection currents
c. Hurricanes
d. sandstorms
Iceland is on a divergent plate
boundary, what landform are you
likely to find in Iceland?
a. Hurricanes
b. Fault lines
c. Mountains
d. Volcanoes
How do plates interact at a transform
boundary?
a. They collide
b. They move apart
c. They plate with more density slips under the
other plate
d. They slide past each other
At which plate boundary is the San
Andreas fault found
a. Pacific vs. Indo-Australian
b. Eurasian vs. Nazca
c. North American vs. Pacific
d. South American vs. Nazca
Reverse faults are commonly found at
collision zones such as the Himalayan
Mountains. Which two plates are
colliding to form this mountain range?
a. Nazca vs. Eurasian
b. Indo-Australian vs. Eurasian
c. North American vs. Antarctic
d. Antarctic vs. South American
Plate boundaries are often named
after
a. Landforms found on the plate
b. Weather that occurs in that region
c. The largest city on that plate
d. The continent found on that plate
Seismic waves change speed and
direction when they travel through
different materials.
• True
• False
____________ is the force exerted
when an object presses on, pulls on,
or pushes against another object.
a. Stress
b. Fault
c. Focus
d. Magma
Hot spots in the Earth’s interior stay in
one place. If this is true, how do
chains of volcanoes form at a hot spot?
a. Volcanoes located over hot spots continually
erupt for hundred of years causing new
volcanoes to form.
b. A sudden increase in solar radiation causes hot
spots to warm and create a chain of volcanoes.
c. As tectonic plates shift new volcanoes form
over the hot spot, pushing the old volcano to
the side.