Page 14 Multiple choice

Question 1

Which of the following is found in the lithosphere?

a. The crust only
b. The mantle only
c. The crust and part of the mantle
d. The crust, the mantle, and the outer core

Answer 1

c. The crust and part of the mantle

Question 2

Which is the correct order of the arrangement of Earth’s layers from the surface to it’s innermost layer?

a. Crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
b. Crust, mantle, inner core, outer core,
c. Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d. Crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

Answer 2

c. Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Question 3

When two tectonic plates move away from each other, what type of plate boundary exists?

a. Convergent
b. Divergent
c. Oceanic trench
d. Transform

Answer 3

d. Transform

Question 4

What do two tectonic plates moving towards each other form?

a. Convergent boundary
b. Divergent boundary
c. Tectonic plate boundary
d. Transform boundary

Answer 4

a. Convergent boundary

Question 5

Which part shows the location of subduction?

a. A only
b. B only
c. A and B
d. Neither A not B

Answer 5

b. B only

Question 6

Where do tectonic plates move apart?

a. A only
b. B only
c. Between A and B
d. Neither in A nor B

Answer 6

a. A only

Question 7

Where are volcanoes more likely to be formed?

a. A only
b. B only
c. Between A and B
d. Neither in A nor in B

Answer 7

c. Between A and B

Question 8

In which region will volcanoes not form?

a. Convergent boundaries
b. Divergent boundaries
c. Hot spots
d. Transform boundaries

Answer 8

a. Transform boundaries

Question 9

Which of the following is not an example of convergent boundary?

a. Appalachians
b. Mariana trench
c. San Andreas Fault
d. Western coast of Chile

Answer 9

c. San Andreas Fault

Question 10

Who proposed that the seafloor spreads?

a. Alfred Wegener
b. Charles Francis Richter
c. Harry Hammond Hess
d. Harold Jeffreys

Answer 10

c. Harry Hammond Hess