Question 1

What term describes the denser and thinner plates related to the ocean?

Accepted Answer

Oceanic

Answer

Trench

Answer

Continental

Answer

Underneath

Question 2

Which type of plate is associated with the land or continents?

Accepted Answer

Continental

Answer

Surface

Answer

Oceanic

Answer

Seismograph

Question 3

What is the term for an opening in Earth's crust where lava and gas escape?

Accepted Answer

Volcano

Answer

Rise

Answer

Transform

Answer

Trench

Question 4

What is the movement called when something moves upward or gets higher?

Accepted Answer

Rise

Answer

Fall

Answer

Sink

Answer

Transform

Question 5

What is a long, narrow, and very deep hole in the ocean floor called?

Accepted Answer

Trench

Answer

Canyon

Answer

Valley

Answer

Surface

Question 6

What does the term 'surface' refer to?

Accepted Answer

The outside or top layer of something

Answer

The bottom

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The core

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The interior

Question 7

What term describes a boundary where plates slide past each other sideways?

Accepted Answer

Transform

Answer

Converge

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Subduct

Answer

Diverge

Question 8

What tool do scientists use to measure earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

Seismograph

Answer

Thermometer

Answer

Chronometer

Answer

Barometer

Question 9

What term means to be in a lower position or beneath something else?

Accepted Answer

Underneath

Answer

Beside

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Above

Answer

Next to

Question 10

Which of the following terms refers to the outermost layer of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Surface

Answer

Core

Answer

Crust

Answer

Mantle

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