What is the Name Given to the Massive Chain of Volcanoes that Surrounds the Pacific Ocean? (Either Name is Acceptable)
Question 12
12.
What Zone, Found at Convergent Plate Boundaries, Allows for Heavier Tectonic Plates to Move Under Lighter Tectonic Plates, and Fall Down into The Earth's Mantle to Become Molten Once Again?
Question 13
13.
What Type of Plate Boundary Results in Seafloor Spreading?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Who Was the First to Propose the Idea of Tectonic Plates and Continental Drift?
Allen Waren
Alfred Wegener
Angus Wiggins
What Happens at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
A Divergent Plate Boundary Opens the Earth's Crust, Magma Rises to Fill the Gap, and the Seafloor Spreads.
A Convergent Plate Boundary Pushes the Earth's Crust Together, Creating Tension That Results in Mountain Ranges.
A Transform Plate Boundary Causes Two Plates to Slide Against Each Other, Resulting in Earthquakes, and Displaced Land.
What is Pangaea?
One of Neptune's Moons
A Planet
A Super-Continent
What Layer of the Earth Contains the Tectonic Plates?
The Mantle
The Lithosphere
The Core
The Crust
What are Tectonic Plates?
Large Masses of Land
Pieces of Rock That Don't Melt in the Earth's Mantle
Large Sheets of Metal Found in the Earth's Core That Cause Gravity to Remain Intact
Convection Currents Bring the Hottest Molten Rock to the Surface and Pull the Cooler Rock Back Down to the Core to Be Re-Melted.
True
False
Earthquakes Are Seismic Activity that Can be Felt on the Earth's Surface.
True
False
What Type of Plate Boundary Created the Himilayan Mountains?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
What Type of Plate Boundary is Found at the San Andreas Fault in California?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
What Type of Land Mass is Created When Magma Rises Through the Earth's Crust & Turns into Lava Once it Reaches the Surface?