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-Wegener suggested that the boundaries of the continents seemed to fit together. In which case is it most evident?
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Between Africa and North America.
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Between America and South of Africa.
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Between Africa and South America
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Where have fossil organisms, which are identical and lived more than 100 million years ago, been discovered?
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What phenomenon transports the geothermal energy from the Earth's core to the surface?
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Core convection
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The mantle
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Convective flow.
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Why are the materials of the deeper layers of the mantle descending?
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Because they are hot and therefore are less dense than the materials that are above them.
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Because they are cold and are more dense than the materials above them
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Because they are hot and more dense than the materials that have below them.
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What is the energy that is stored under the earth's surface called?
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Geothermal gradient
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Geothermal energy
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Both a and b are correct
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What is the internal substance that is coming out of the volcanoe called?
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What is lava made of?
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What happens in divergent boundaries?
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New lithosphere is formed
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New asthenosphere is formed
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Lithosphere is neither produced nor destroyed
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What does the flow from the asthenosphere, in a transform boundary, do?
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It destroys some lithosphere
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It pushes the plates in opposites directions
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It destroys some asthenosphere
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Is there a natural magnetic field which goes through the earth?
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How long does a tectonic plate move in one year?
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1 - 20 cm
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2 -40 cm
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1-18 cm
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The study of seismic waves has revealed that there is an existence of five concentric layers, which order is correct?
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Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core.
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Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, inner core, medium core.
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Lithosphere, mesosphere, asthenosphere, medium core, outer core.
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Why do mechanical properties of rocks change with depth?
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Because of temperature and heat
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Because of temperature and pressure
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All of the above are correct
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What type of boundary is non-existent?
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Divergent boundary
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Transform fault boundary
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Convert boundary
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When was San Andreas fault formed?
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15 Million years ago
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3O Million years ago
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5 Million yeas ago
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How many tectonic plates are there in the earth’s lithosphere?
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What is the name of the tectonic plate that surrounds the continent of Africa?
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Antarctic plate
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Scotia plate
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African plate
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Which boundary produces volcanoes?
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Continental-Oceanic
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Oceanic-Oceanic
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Continental-Continental
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Why does the temperature increase in the sunken plate?
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What is the function of the Earth's magnetic field?
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Protects the Earth from solar wind and cosmic rays.
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It orientates you to the magnetic South Pole and the geographic North Pole.
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Provides movement for the Earth.
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The tectonic plates move slowly. In one year the tectonic plates move between 10 and 24 centimeters. True or False?
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True
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No, tectonic plates move quickly, within a year, they move between 10 and 24 centimeters
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No. Tectonic plates move slowly, in one year, they move between 1 and 18 centimeters.
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Where is the lithosphere located?
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At the top of the Geosphere
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Between the Asthenosphere and the mesosphere
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Between the Outer Core and the Mesosphere
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How many degrees is the inner core?
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How did we find out about the composition of the geosphere?
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By studying data from seismic waves
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By gathering information from the past
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By analyzing samples obtained from drills
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How many kms do we have to drill to get into the Earth?
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10-20 km
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30-50 km
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75-100 km
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The earth's magnetic field protects the earth from what?
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What is the lithosphere?
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Which of the 3 convergent boundaries has a subduction zone?
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Continental-Continental
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Continental-Oceanic
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Oceanic-Oceanic
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What produces the Continental-Continental when plates become deformed?
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What are volcanoes?
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What is the energy that is stored under the earth’s surface called?
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Earthquakes
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Geothermal energy
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Volcanic eruptions
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What is the core composed of?
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Nickel
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Nickel and iron
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Iron and magnesium
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What is the deepest and thickest layer in the geosphere?
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What generates the Earth's magnetic field?
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The motion of the liquid outer core around the solid inner core
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-The motion of the solid inner core around the liquid outer core
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The motion of the solid inner core
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What is the cause of Convection Movements?
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The difference between temperature in the lithosphere and the core
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The fact that the lithosphere and the core have the same temperature
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- None of the above is correct
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What is produced in the Oceanic-Continental Convergent plate?
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subduction zon
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oceanic zone
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volcanic zone
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What are the results of the convergence of two continental margins?
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What is the increase in temperature with depth called?
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Geothermal energy
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Geothermal gradient
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None of the above
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What is one example of the indirect method?
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Volcanos
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Seismic waves
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All of the above
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What evidence states that the south part of the continent was formed by glaciers?
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What is also known as the lower mantle?
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Mesosphere
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Inner core
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Lithosphere
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What is the geosphere made of?
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What is the layer of the outer core composed of?
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Liquid
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Semiliquid
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Both a and b are correct
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The earth's inner and outer rocky layer
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The earth's thickest layer
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The only layer in the earth
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How are seismic waves produced?
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earthquakes
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volcanic eruptions
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wind
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What does the speed of seismic waves depend on?
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What causes convection?
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The hot temperature of the lithosphere
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The difference in temperatures between the lithosphere and the outer core
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The difference in temperatures between the materials in a layer.
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How is the earth’s magnetic field formed?
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The motion of the liquid core around the solid inner core
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The motion of the liquid outer core aro un the solid inner core
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The motion of the liquid outer core inside the solid inner core
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How many times has the earth’s magnetic field changed over the last 4.5 million years?
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30 times
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20 times
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10 times
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What generates the earth’s magnetic field?
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Which are the types of tectonic plates?
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Horizontal and vertical
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Hydraulic and horizontal
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Vertical and hydraulic
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How does the material in the lithosphere move?
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How fast do the tectonic plates travel?
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1cm/year
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1m/year
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1cm/month
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In convergent boundaries, what happens to the tectonic plate that is forced under the less dense plate?
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It evaporates
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It melts
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It stays at the same