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6. The Layer between the core and the crust is the...
- Mantle
- Asthenosphere
- Lithosphere
- Biosphere
- Hydrosphere
7. What fundamental process is thought to be responsible for plate motion?
- Spreading Ridges
- Hot spot activity
- Convection Cells
- Subduction
- Density Differences
8. Which of the following statements about a scientific theory is not true?
- It has a large body of supporting evidence
- It is testable
- None of these
- It is a conjecture or guess
- It's an explaination for some natural phenomenon
9. The man who proposed the hypothesis of continental drift was...
- Wegener
- Lovelock
- Hutton
- Lyell
- Hess
10. Mid-oceanic Ridges are examples of what type of boundary?
- Subduction
- Asnwers (b) and (d)
- Transform
- Divergent
- Convergent
11. A Plate is composed of the...
- Continental and Oceanic crust
- Core and Lower Mantle
- Upper Mantle and Crust
- Lower Mantle and Asthenosphere
- Astehnosphere and Upper Mantle
12. The Study of Earth materials is....
- Historical Geology
- Physical Geology
- Stratigraphy
- Palaeontology
- Environmental Geology
13. Which rock group forms from the cooling of a magma?
- Igneous
- None of These
- Sedimentary
- Metamorphic
- All of These
14. Which of the following is not a major rock group?
- Sedimentary
- None of These
- Metamorphic
- Meteorites
- Igneous
15. The Asthenosphere...
- Is the zone over which plates move
- All of the above
- Lies beneath the lithosphere
- Is composed primarily of peridotite
- Behaves Plastically and flows slowly
16. The Rock Cycle implies that...
- Igneous Rocks only for beneath the Earth's surface
- Any rock type can be derived from any other rock types
- Metamorphic rocks are derived from magma
- Sedimentary rocks only form from the weathering of igneous rocks
- All of These
17. Krakatoa is in....
- Indonesia
- Australia
- The United States
- Italy
- Japan