
Geology #1
Quiz by Jennifer Nix
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What is the process called when heat moves through the mantle due to heating and cooling?
Which layer contains the majority of Earth's mass?Â
Name the two types of crust located on Earth’s surface.
Which layer of the earth has the highest temperature?
In which layer of the Earth do convection currents occur?
Name the layers in order from hottest to coolest.
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed over 200 million years ago?
Which type of plate boundary is responsible for forming mountain ranges?
Which type of plate boundary is responsible for creating earthquakes?
What is the name of the place where many volcanoes are located?
If you were to find a salt water plant fossil on the top of a mountain, what does that tell us about the mountain?
Which type of plate boundary causes seafloor spreading?
What happens when two continental plates collide?
If a fossil is found on different continents, what would be the most likely reason?Â
What is Pangaea?
Which layer of earth's layers make up the plates?
Which layer is made of liquid iron and nickel?
Which layer contains the lithosphere and asthenosphere?
Which layer is made of solid iron and nickel?
What is the name of the German scientist who proposed the continental drift theory?
Earth's core is a solid due to
Which layer of Earth is responsible for Earth's magnetic field?
A vent in the Earth's surface that forms a mountain of lava and ash is called a
The type of tectonic plate boundary involving a collision between two tectonic plates isÂ