Test 3

Question 1

What makes the plates move?

Answer 1

movement of the magma under the plates.

Question 2

What is the correct order of the layer of the earth from the center?

Answer 2

core, mantle, crust

Question 3

What do you call the rigid outer part of the earth?

Answer 3

lithosphere

Question 4

Plate Tectonic Theory states that the _________________.

Answer 4

pieces of the earth’s crust are moving slowly.

Question 5

What composes the Earth’s lithosphere?

Answer 5

crust and the upper layer of the mantle

Question 6

What will happen when an oceanic crust and continental crust collide to one another?

Answer 6

The oceanic crust will move downward because it is denser.

Question 7

What are the seven major continents we have today formed from Pangea?

Answer 7

Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, North America, South America

Question 8

How would you compare the oceanic and continental crust?

Answer 8

Oceanic crust is basaltic, while continental crust is granitic.
Oceanic crust is younger than continental crust.
Oceanic crust is heavy and dense, while continental crust is light.

•All of the choices

Question 9

What type of crust is made up of granite rocks?

Answer 9

continental crust

Question 10

Which crust is thin but with more density?

Answer 10

oceanic crust