Earth's Structure and Geological Phenomena Quiz

The inner core is composed of solid iron and nickel.

Mountains form due to the movement of tectonic plates.

Weathering is the process of breaking down rocks through physical or chemical means.

Plate tectonics explains the movement of Earth's lithospheric plates.

The Earth's crust is the thinnest layer.

A crater is a circular depression formed at the top of a volcano.

Deposition is the process of sediment settling out of a transporting medium.

An earthquake is a sudden and violent ground shaking.

Igneous rocks form from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.

A normal fault involves the hanging wall moving downward relative to the footwall.

An intrusive boundary is not a recognized type of plate boundary.

Refraction is the bending of seismic waves when passing through different materials.

The Moho is the boundary between the Earth's crust and mantle.

A dome volcano is not a recognized type of volcano.

Subduction is the process of one tectonic plate descending beneath another.

Transportation is the movement of weathered material from one location to another.

A shield volcano has a broad and gently sloping shape.

A transform boundary is where two plates slide past each other horizontally.

A plateau mountain is not a recognized type of mountain.

The Richter Scale measures the magnitude of earthquakes.

Metamorphic rocks form from the alteration of preexisting rock deep within the Earth's crust.

Pangaea was the supercontinent that later separated into today's continents.

Elevation is not a factor influencing the rate of weathering.

L-wave is not a type of seismic wave.

Diamond is the hardest naturally occurring substance.