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1
Which of these describes a divergent plate boundary?
Two ocean plates colliding, forming a volcanic arc
Oceanic plates rubbing against each other
Continental plates colliding, forming a mountain range
Continental plates moving away from each other
2
Which of these is NOT evidence for sea-floor spreading?
Magnetic Stripes
Drilling Samples (ages of rocks)
Fossils
Molten Material
3
Weathering _____________; Erosion ___________; Deposition _____________
Weathering breaks it; erosion takes it; deposition drops it
weathering breaks it; erosion drops it; deposition takes it
weathering drops it, erosion breaks it; deposition takes it
weathering takes it; erosion drops it; deposition breaks it
4
Types of fossils:
sand, water and mud
trace, molds and casts
black, brown, yellow
none
5
Where is the rock in the diagram YOUNGEST??
B
C
I have no idea
A
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Analogous structures share
Similar structure but different function
Similar function but different structure
Similar function and structure
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What drives continental drift
Contusion currents
Concussion currents
Convection currents
Conduction curents
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What evidence supported the Theory of Continental Drift?
All three
Fossils
climate Change
Land Features
9
List the Earths formation in order (inner to outer)
Atmosphere, core, mantle, crust, oceanic crust, and life
Core, Mantle, Crust, and Oceanic Crust, continental crust
Mantle, Core, Atmosphere, and life
Atmosphere, core, mantle, crust, oceanic crust, life, and oxygen
10
Mid-Ocean Ridges are only found in the Pacific ocean.
True
False
11
What does Pangaea mean?
everything
super continent
together
all lands
12
Vestigial Structures...
are new structures that form in a new species.
serve important functions in the body.
have little to no function in the body.
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What is the first step in Earths Formation?
Particles collide in the disk under the force of gravity/larger bodies form
Solar nebula flattens into a swirling disk of matter
Largest bodies become planets
Cloud of dust and gas called the solar nebula.
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What happens at a convergent plate boundary?
Land slides
Mid-ocean
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
15
The Law of Superposition...
explains how the earth was made.
explains all layers of rock have been mixed over time.
explains that newer layers of rock are atop of older layers
explains how fossils were made.
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What process renews the ocean floor?
Sea Floor Spreading
Convection currents
Plate tectonics
Deforstation
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Where does seafloor spreading occur?
None of the above
Mountain Ridges
Rift Ridges
Mid-Ocean Ridges
18
How fossils form?
form when a plant, animal dies and becomes buried under layers of sediments
with the water
a food is in the soil.
19
A device that bounces sound waves off underwater objects is called
Subduction
Sonar
Seismic Waves
GPS
20
Plate Tectonics...
by convection currents in the mantle.
The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion
gave rise to today's continents
gave rise to today's continents
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Homologous structures are
structures of animals that have the same appearances
evolve from different ancestors
structures of animals that have different appearances
structures that have same bones and same functions
22
What is created, or can happen at this plate boundary?
Deep ocean trenches
Mountain Ranges
Earthquakes
Rift Valleys
23
What is the final step in Earths formation?
Particles collide in the disk under the force of gravity/larger bodies form
Cloud of dust and gas called the solar nebula.
Solar nebula flattens into a swirling disk of matter
Largest bodies become planets
24
Which is NOT a positive impact on Earth's water?
increasing fertilizer runoff
increasing recycling
disposing of chemicals properly
fixing a dripping faucet
25
What Plate Boundary is this?
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Plate Tectonics
Transform Boundary
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A Convergent boundary has the plate moving...
Downward
Apart
Sliding Past (Friction)
Together
27
What is the approximate date for the earths formation?
4.5 billion BC
It was there forever
1 trillion BC
2days
28
what is the type of plate boundary shown below?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
all of the above
29
What type of plate boundary is this?
Convergent
Transform
Subduction
Divergent
30
In geologic time, periods are longer than eras.
False
True
31
Who discovered Sea-Floor Spreading?
Harry Hess
Wegener
Arthur Holmes
Mrs. Hanson
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What do we call the FEATURE at C?
Subduction
Deep Ocean Trench
Sea-Floor Spreading
Mid-Ocean Ridge
33
What type of plate boundary is shown below?
Focus
Convergent
divergent
Transform
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What fuels Sea Floor Spreading?
Convergent Boundary
Convection Currents
The Crust
Subducting
35
What divides the eras and periods of geologic time?
How thick the rock layers are
Significant events in the evolution of life
The amount of time that passed
The choice of the scientist that discovered them
36
Geologic Time Scale
a record of life forms and geological events in earths history
The slow wobble as earth spins on its axis
the axial tilt of the earth in relation to earths plane of orbit
the shape of earths orbit around the sun
37
How did scientists discover rocks far away from mid ocean ridge were older than those near it?
Magnetic Stripes
Plate Tectonics
Subduction
Drilling Samples of rocks
38
Homologous structures indicate:
No relationship
Recent common ancestry
The exact age of a fossil
All of these
39
Which one of these summarize the Earths formation?
5 billion years ago Theia turned into Earth
4.6 billion years ago in a disk-shaped cloud of dust and gas rotating
The sun exploded and created 4 new planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Earth has always been here and is flat
40
which is not a plate boundary
insergent
divergent
convergent
transform
41
What is the Lithosphere?
The Lithosphere is the crust and upper layer of the mantle.
The Lithosphere is the crust.
The Lithosphere is the mantle.
The Lithosphere is the sphere of earth containing soil.
42
In sea floor spreading, where does new crust come from?
Molten material that erupts and cools
Heat from the sun
All of the above
Crust formations
43
Formation of the Earths atmosphere came from:
meteor impacts
volcanoes and cynobacteria
animals breathing and ice ages
comet impacts and volcanic activity
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What happens at a divergent plate boundary?
Rift Valleys
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Mountains
45
What is Pangaea?
A super continent that helps support the theory of plate tectonics
The explanation of convection currents in the mantle
The scientist who discovered continental drift theory
How tectonic plates move
46
What Plate Boundary is this?
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Plate Tectonics
Convergent Boundary
47
At deep ocean trenches, conduction allows oceanic crust to sink back into the mantle.
False
True
48
What is the mid-ocean ridge?
A mountain in Europe
All of the above
Under water chain of mountains
A piece of continental crust
49
What process in Earth’s Interior causes subduction and sea-floor spreading?
Movement in the lithosphere
Gravity
Heat from the sun
Convection Currents in the mantle
50
What happens at a transform plate boundary?
Mid-Ocean
Nothing
Volcanoes
Earthquake
51
What is created, or can happen at this plate boundary?
Mountain Ranges
Subduction zones
Earthquakes
Rift Valleys
52
Who discovered sea floor spreading?
Madonna
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
Will Smith
53
What PROCESS forms trenches?
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Glacier Movement
Subduction
Convection Currents
54
A divergent boundary has the plate moving...
Downward
Together
Apart
Sliding past other (Friction)
55
Earths interior contains...
Lava monsters
Molten rock and metal
Trash
Water
56
Rain water has no impact on Earth's erosion
False
True
57
What is created, or can happen at this plate boundary?
Subduction zones
Earthquakes
Rift Valleys
Mountain Ranges
58
Which of these is NOT evidence for sea-floor spreading?
Magnetic Stripes
Drilling Samples (ages of rocks)
Fossils
Molten Material
59
Similar embryology in fish and turtles indicates that they..
have a common ancestor
turtles came from fish
have the same amount of DNA
are in the same species
60
What type of plate boundary is shown below?
Transform
convergent
Divergent
Not a type of plate boundary
61
Force responsible for Earths' formation, and shape
Gravity
Solar Nebula
Water
density
62
fossil record
i like ribs
fossils remains
a element that decays
millions of fossils that scientist have collected
63
What PROCESS occurs at the mid-ocean ridge?
Subduction
Convection Currents
Sea-floor Spreading
Earth's Layering
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During sea-floor spreading the ______ moves like a conveyor belt carrying & moving continents.
core
volcanoes
continental floor
ocean floor
65
Weathering? Erosion? Deposition?
Erosion
Weathering
Deposition
