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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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Our Moving Earth
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What is most likely to happen at a fracture
boundary?
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Strong earthquakes
Seafloor spreading
A
B
Valley formation
Mountain formation
C
D
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Most major earthquakes in the U.S. occur in
California and Alaska because these states
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have more convection currents
are closer to the Pacific Ocean
A
B
are on buried sand deposits
are on a plate boundary
C
D
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Where are most volcanoes located?
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Around California
In Hawaii
A
B
On the ocean floor
In areas of frozen land
C
D
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What do seismographs detect?
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Potential energy between plates
A volcano ready to erupt
A
B
Ground movement as it occurs
Changing convection currents
C
D
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If a scientist found a fossil on the eastern
coast of South America, where else would these
fossils need to be found to support continental
drift?
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Eastern coast of Africa
Western coast of Africa
A
B
Northern coast of Africa
Southern cost of Africa
C
D
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According to the theory of plate tectonics, what
may form where plates move together?
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valleys
plateaus
A
B
volcanoes
mountains
C
D
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The North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate
move away from each other about _______ each year.
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2 meters
2 inches
A
B
2 centimeters
2 feet
C
D
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Which of the following definitions best describes
a plateau?
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An area of flat land with few trees
An area of raised, flat land
A
B
A deep crack created by water erosion
A low area of land between mountains
C
D
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Earths outer core is a
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Very dense solid
Partly melted rock
A
B
Combination of oxygen and other materials
Very dense liquid
C
D
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Where are Earths tectonics plates located?
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They float on top of the lower mantle
They float just below the crust
A
B
They float on top of the inner core
They float between the crust and the upper mantle.
C
D
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What force moves Earths tectonic plates?
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Conduction in the crust
Convection in the mantle
A
B
Convection in the crust
Conduction in the mantle
C
D
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Most of the Earths mass is in the
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crust
outer core
A
B
inner core
mantle
C
D
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What makes up the lithosphere?
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Earths crust and solid part of the mantle
Earths crust and mantle
A
B
Earths crust, mantle, and core
Earths crust and the liquid part of the mantle
C
D
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The large continent that was suggested by Alfred
Wegener which split apart through continental
drift was called
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Pangea Ultima
Pangaea
A
B
Pandemic
Panda
C
D
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According to Plate Tectonics, most of these occur
near plate boundaries
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Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Earthquakes
A
B
Volcanoes
Seafloor Spreading
C
D