Layers and Tectonic Plates Quiz

Question 1

As you go deeper into the earth what happens to the temperature?

Answer 1

Hotter

Question 2

Lithosphere

Answer 2

A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part and mantle of the crust.

Question 3

Divergent Boundary

Answer 3

The boundary between 2 tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.

Question 4

Tectonic Plate movement per year is measured in…

Answer 4

Centimeters

Question 4

Asthenosphere is the layer over which…

Answer 4

The lithosphere floats/moves on it

Question 5

Earthquake

Answer 5

Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity.

Question 6

Tectonic Plates

Answer 6

Sections of the Earths crust that move due to convection currents

Question 7

What type of fault/boundary is this?
*One plate going under one going over.

Answer 7

Subduction Convergent

Question 8

What type of fault/boundary is this?
*Two plates moving away from each other and a bump in the middle (mountains)

Answer 8

Divergent Boundary

Question 9

Continental Crust

Answer 9

The relatively thick part of the Earth’s crust that forms the large landmasses. Lots of silica.

Question 10

Inner Core

Answer 10

A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of the earth’s core.

Question 11

The red highlighted area is the world’s longest mountain range lying under the water in the deep ocean. What is this mountain range/ridge called?

Answer 11

Mid-oceanic ridge

Question 12

What type of fault/boundary is this?
*Two plates rubbing against each other (going opposite ways but touching)

Answer 12

Transform

Question 13

Density

Answer 13

Mass per unit volume

Question 13

All mid-oceanic ridges are called what type of boundary?

Answer 13

Divergent

Question 14

Rift valley

Answer 14

A deep valley that forms where 2 plates move apart at a divergent boundary.

Question 15

Mid-Oceanic Ridge

Answer 15

The longest mountain range in all the world; all along the center of the Atlantic Ocean; formed by active volcanoes through the sea floor spreading.

Question 15

What type/boundary is this?
*Two plates going up against each other to make mountains

Answer 15

Convergent continental vs. continental

Question 16

Transform Boundary

Answer 16

The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.

Question 17

Subduction Zone

Answer 17

In tectonic plates, the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under, a continental plate.

Question 18

Convection Currents

Answer 18

Circular currents in the mantle cause by magma being heated by the outer core.

Question 19

Outer Core

Answer 19

A layer of molten iron and that surrounds the inner core of the earth.

Question 20

Earth’s magnetic field that protects us from the sun’s solar winds is created by what layer?

Answer 20

Outer core

Question 21

Asthenosphere

Answer 21

A soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats

Question 22

What theory is responsible for explaining why the continents once touched?

Answer 22

Continental Drift Theory

Question 23

Richter Scale

Answer 23

A scale that rates an earthquake’s magnitude based on the sizes of its seismic waves.

Question 24

Ring of Fire

Answer 24

A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean

Question 25

As you go deeper into the earth the pressure…

Answer 25

Increases

Question 26

Oceanic Crust

Answer 26

A thinner, more dense, younger crust making the ocean floor

Question 27

Transform Boundary

Answer 27

A boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.

Question 28

Lower Mantel

Answer 28

The portion of the mantle below a depth of about 600 miles.

Question 29

Upper Mantel

Answer 29

The portion of the mantle above a depth of about 600 miles.