Question 1

The Earth consists of ______ major pieces of land called tectonic plates

Accepted Answer

14

Answer

10

Answer

7

Answer

20

Question 2

When plates slide past each other this occurs

Accepted Answer

Earthquake

Answer

Mountains

Answer

Valleys

Question 3

Plates generally move at what speed

Accepted Answer

1 inch per year

Answer

1 inch per decade

Answer

4 inches per year

Answer

1 foot per century

Question 4

Some plates in the Pacific Ocean move at

Accepted Answer

4 inches per year

Answer

1 foot per decade

Answer

1 inch per year

Question 5

The force of continental plates colliding creates

Accepted Answer

Mountains

Answer

Earthquakes

Answer

Valleys

Question 6

Mountains with sharp peaks

Accepted Answer

Fold Mountains

Answer

Fault Block Mountains

Question 7

Mountains with flat or jagged peaks

Accepted Answer

Fault Block Mountains

Answer

Fold Mountains

Question 8

The Rocky Mountains, Himalayas, Andes, and Alps are all this type of mountain

Accepted Answer

Fold Mountains

Answer

Fault Block Mountains

Question 9

The Teton Mountains are this type

Accepted Answer

Fault Block Mountains

Answer

Fold Mountains

Question 10

The Rocky Mountains were formed by these two plates pushing up against each other

Accepted Answer

American and Pacific

Answer

Cococ and Pacific

Answer

Caribbean and American

Question 11

When rocks slip downward because of pressure of colliding plates, these form

Accepted Answer

rifts

Answer

earthquates

Answer

fold mountains

Question 12

When an ocean's crust pushes against a continental plate, these form

Accepted Answer

trenches

Answer

rifts

Answer

earthquakes

Question 13

An example of a rift, called the The Great Rift Valley is where?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Answer

Asia

Answer

South America

Question 14

The Mariana Trench is the deepest location on the Earth and is how deep?

Accepted Answer

36,201 feet

Answer

21,453 feet

Answer

7,166 feet

Question 15

If Mount Everest were placed inside the Mariana Trench, it would be _______ feet below water

Accepted Answer

7,166

Answer

36,201

Answer

21,453

Question 16

The starting point of an earthquake is

Accepted Answer

the epicenter

Answer

a rift

Answer

a seismic center

Question 17

How many earthquakes happen each year

Accepted Answer

one million

Answer

100,000

Answer

ten thousand

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