What are tectonic plates?
  • Pieces of the Earth's crust
  • A type of boundary
  • Pieces of the Earth's inner and outer core
  • Pieces of the mantle that are solid
Name the tectonic plate that Australia sits on
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  • African
  • Nazca
  • Antarctic
  • Indoaustralian
What is the correct order of the layers of the Earth from the thickest to thinnest?
  • crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
  • outer core, inner core, mantle, crust
  • inner core, mantle, outer core, crust
  • mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
How long ago did the Earth first form?
  • 4.6 million years
  • 13.8 million years
  • 4.6 billion years
  • 13.8 billion years
What is the name of the process where hot air/liquids rise and cool air/liquids drop?
  • natural currents
  • convergent currents
  • conduction currents
  • convection currents
Which of the following phenomena is not produced due to the Earth's magnetic field?
  • protection against cosmic radiation
  • compasses pointing north
  • gravity
  • aurora borealis
What are the 3 types of tectonic plate boundaries?
  • convergent, divergent, mid ocean ridge
  • divergent, convergent, allegiant
  • convergent, divergent, oblique
  • divergent, convergent, transform
Which way do plates in a divergent boundary move?
  • toward each other
  • parallel to each other
  • away from each other
  • perpendicular to each other
Which way do plates in a transform boundary move?
  • toward each other
  • parallel to each other
  • away from each other
  • perpendicular to each other
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