Sea Floor Spreading means that....

All of these statements are true

What are Tectonic Plates?

The pieces of the Earth's Crust that are slowly moving

The Ring of Fire around the Pacific Ocean gets this name because...

Plate Boundaries cause most of the Earth's Volcanoes there

How did scientists use Seismic Waves in the iMUSH project at Mt St Helen?

To create an image of the magma chamber under the volcano

If you find a Fish Fossil in a layer that is ON TOP of a layer where you find a Trilobite....

The Fish Fossil is younger than the Trilobite Fossil

In Earth Science, what do we mean when we talk about Volcanic Hot Spots?

Volcanoes where the crust is thinner than normal

What is the Lithosphere?

The Earth's Crust and Upper Mantle

What fact definitely proved Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift after Wegener had died?

Radiocarbon dating that proved Sea Floor Spreading

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1
What is shown in the Picture below?
The Mineral Deposit Cycle
The Electoral College
The Rock Cycle
The Path of Least Resistance
2
Transform Plate Boundaries occur where two plates are ______ each other.
Alien Robots that fight with
sliding sideways past
Moving towards
moving directly away from
3
Sea Floor Spreading means that....
The oceans youngest part is in the middle
The Americas and Europe are slowly separating even further
There is a huge Mid Ocean Ridge in the Atlantic Ocean
All of these statements are true
4
What was the name of the Super Continent that existed from 270-200 million years ago?
Huston, Texas
Patagonia
Pangea
Eurasia
5
What are Tectonic Plates?
The pieces of the Earth's Crust that are slowly moving
Type of plate used at fancy restaurants to serve warm butter
The name for the Earth's Core and Mantle together
Another word for Volcano
6
What kind of rocks are you MOST likely to find fossils in?
Lava
Metamorphic Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
7
The Ring of Fire around the Pacific Ocean gets this name because...
Plate Boundaries cause most of Earth's Hurricanes there.
Johnny Cash was very popular there
Plate Boundaries cause most of the Earth's Volcanoes there
Drought causes lots of forest fires in that area.
8
How did scientists use Seismic Waves in the iMUSH project at Mt St Helen?
As a steroid so they could win the kickball tournament
To create an image of the magma chamber under the volcano
To calculate how old the volcano must be
To measure the temperature of the magma under the volcano
9
An Earthquake happens in California. Which of these will reach Nevada FIRST?
K-waves
P-waves
S-waves
A Tyler Perry Movie called, "Madea is in an Earthquake"
10
If you find a Fish Fossil in a layer that is ON TOP of a layer where you find a Trilobite....
The Trilobite Fossil is younger than the Fish Fossil
There is no way to be sure
The Fish Fossil is younger than the Trilobite Fossil
The Fish Fossil and the Trilobite Fossil are the same age
11
What kind of rocks are created by volcanoes?
Rock n' Roll
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Igneous Rock
12
According to the picture, the earthquakes epicenter was triangulated to have been.....
Los Angeles
Portland
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
13
Who came up with the theory of Continental Drift?
Alpaca Wagonwheel
James Watson
Charles Darwin
Alfred Wegener
14
In Earth Science, what do we mean when we talk about Volcanic Hot Spots?
Where hipsters use the internet and drink coffee
Places where earthquakes keep volcanoes from forming
Places with super thick crust, leading to more volcanoes
Volcanoes where the crust is thinner than normal
15
What are the two types of Seismic Waves?
K-waves and P-waves
P-waves and S-waves
Hello-waves and Goodbye-waves
S-waves and K-waves
16
What is the Lithosphere?
The Earth's Crust and Upper Mantle
The Earth's Crust only
The Earth's Oceans
The Earths Mantle and Outer Core
17
In undisturbed strata, newer layers will be deposited over older layers. This is the...
Law of Superpowers
Law of Superposition
Law of Stacking
Law of Plate Tectonics
18
Where can you find MOST volcanoes?
Around Hot Spots, where the crust is thinner than normal
Around Plate Boundaries
Near the magnetic poles of the Earth
In the center of Tectonic Plates
19
Convergent Plate Boundaries occur where two plates are ______ each other.
Suspicious of
Moving apart from
Moving towards
Sliding sideways past
20
What fact definitely proved Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift after Wegener had died?
Similar rock formations on opposite sides of the Atlantic.
The same species of fossil found in South American & Africa
Radiocarbon dating that proved Sea Floor Spreading
Coral Reef Fossils found in Antarctica.
21
Which of the following is NOT a good source of evidence for Continental Drift?
Similar mountain ranges on opposite sides of oceans
The continents fit together like puzzle pieces
Fossils from the same animal species on different continents
The earth is round

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