CSET CSET Science: Earth and Space Sciences

Question 1

Which layer of Earth is composed primarily of iron and nickel in a solid state?

Accepted Answer

Inner core

Answer

Outer core

Answer

Mantle

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Crust

Question 2

What type of plate boundary is associated with the formation of mountain ranges like the Himalayas?

Accepted Answer

Continental-continental convergent boundary

Answer

Divergent boundary

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Transform boundary

Answer

Oceanic-continental subduction zone

Question 3

The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of which type of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Transform boundary

Answer

Convergent boundary

Answer

Divergent boundary

Answer

Subduction zone

Question 4

Which process is primarily responsible for the movement of tectonic plates?

Accepted Answer

Convection currents in the mantle

Answer

Gravitational pull from the Moon

Answer

Earth's rotation on its axis

Answer

Solar radiation heating the surface

Question 5

Which type of rock forms from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?

Accepted Answer

Igneous rock

Answer

Sedimentary rock

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Metamorphic rock

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Clastic rock

Question 6

Seafloor spreading occurs at which type of tectonic plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Divergent boundary

Answer

Convergent boundary

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Transform boundary

Answer

Subduction zone

Question 7

Which evidence most strongly supports the theory of continental drift?

Accepted Answer

Matching fossil records and rock formations on now-separated continents

Answer

Similar average ocean depths across all oceans

Answer

Identical weather patterns on different continents

Answer

Uniform magnetic field strength across Earth's surface