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Chapter 2: Earth geology and tectonics

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The outer part of the mantle is the: Your Answer: Aesthenosphere

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Why was paleomagnetism so important in discovering plate tectonics? Your Answer: It illustrated sea floor spreading

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Plates which slide past each other have boundaries known as: Your Answer: Transform faults

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Volcanism does not usually occur: Your Answer: Along the convergent boundary where two continental plates collide

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Which type of plate boundaries do mid-oceanic ridges form? Your Answer: Mixed Correct Answer: Divergent

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Which type of rock would you normally expect to be the hardest? Your Answer: Metamorphic

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What is the name for the location where volcanism occurs away from plate boundaries?
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Chapter 2: Earth geology and tectonics

Your Answer: Hotspots

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What caused the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami on 26 December 2006? Your Answer: An earthquake

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How old is the Earth? Your Answer: 4.6 billion years

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What is the name for the Supercontinent to which all of the land mass on Earth was joined approximately 600 million years ago? Your Answer: Gondwanaland Correct Answer: Pangaea

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