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- 1.The Hawaiian Islands formed as the Pacific Plate moved over what?
- A a hotspot in the mantle
- B a deep ocean trench
- C a plate boundary
- 2.Which mountain's peak is the farthest from the center of the Earth?
- A Mount Everest
- B Mount Kilimanjaro
- C Mount Chimborazo
- 3.Which earthquake waves usually arrive first at a faraway place?
- A P waves
- B surface waves
- C S waves
- 4.Which is Earth's thickest layer, at about 2,900 kilometers?
- A the mantle
- B the crust
- C the inner core
- 5.The Challenger Deep, the deepest known part of the ocean, lies in which trench?
- A the Aleutian Trench
- B the Puerto Rico Trench
- C the Mariana Trench
- 6.Mount Fuji and Mount St. Helens are which type of volcano?
- A composite volcanoes
- B cinder cones
- C shield volcanoes
- 7.Rock changed by great heat and pressure deep underground, without melting, is called what?
- A igneous rock
- B sedimentary rock
- C metamorphic rock
- 8.As Earth spins, which layer's motion creates Earth's magnetic field?
- A the liquid outer core
- B the solid inner core
- C the crust
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- A: a hotspot in the mantle. The islands get older and more worn down the farther they are from the hotspot. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
- C: Mount Chimborazo. Earth bulges at the equator, and Chimborazo sits just one degree south of it. Source: NOAA National Ocean Service
- A: P waves. P stands for primary; the slower S, or secondary, waves arrive later. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
- A: the mantle. NASA compares the hot rock of the mantle to thick, slow-moving caramel. Source: NASA
- C: the Mariana Trench. It is about 10,935 meters deep, in the western Pacific Ocean. Source: NOAA National Ocean Service
- A: composite volcanoes. They are also called stratovolcanoes, built from layers of lava and ash. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
- C: metamorphic rock. Schist and gneiss are metamorphic rocks, often with stripes or bands. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
- A: the liquid outer core. The outer core is liquid metal, while the inner core is solid. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
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