Amplify Plate Motion Chapter 1 Quiz
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Which of the following has hard, solid rock under it?
Everywhere on Earth has hard, solid rock under it.
(wrong answers:
Only mountains have hard solid rock under them,
Only oceans have hard solid rock under them,
Only deserts have hard solid rock under them)
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Earth's outer layer ______________________.
is divided into sections called plates
(wrong answers:
is an unbroken, solid piece,
is the exact same thickness everywhere,
does not move at all)
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Convergent means to move "___________" and divergent means "to move ____________."
towards eachother, away from eachother
(wrong answers:
away from eachother, towards eachother,
in long loops, a straight line,
in a straight line, in long loops)
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The place where two plates meet (the edge of the plates) is called ____________
a plate boundary
(wrong answers:
the center of convergence,
a cross section,
an Einstein-Rosen bridge)
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A cross section shows us __________________________.
what the inside of something looks like.
(wrong answers:
a view from above an object,
how an object looks from space,
the size of an object compared to a mouse)
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Another name for the outer layer of the earth is__________.
The crust
(wrong answers:
The Mantle,
The Core,
an Asteroid)