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What type of rock is this?
What kind of disturbance is this?
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What kind of disturbance is this?
intrusion
faulting
folding
tilting
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What type of rock is this?
sedimentary
igneous
fossil
metamorphic
3
Which one of these does NOT show evidence to support the Continental Drift theory...
coal
fossils
salt water
diamond mines
4
When internal Earth forces push rock layers upward it is called...
intrusion
tilting
folding
faulting
5
What type of rock is this?
fossil
sedimentary
igneous
metamorphic
6
What type of rock is this?
fossil
igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
7
Image number 1 is the
outer core
mantle
inner core
crust
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What kind of disturbance is this?
folding
faulting
tilting
intrusion
9
The idea that geologic processes the earth today are the SAME ones that have shaped it throughout history
fault
earthquake
uniformitarianism
catastrophism
10
If a volcano is not active, we say that it is
sleeping
dead
dormant
non existent
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The traces or remains of an organism that lived long ago is called a...
fossil
remnant
old rock
amber
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What kind of disturbance is this?
intrusion
folding
tilting
faulting
13
The movement of cold and hot magma in the mantle is called...
convection currents
continental drifts
plate boundaries
hot plates
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What type of rock is this?
sedimentary
fossil
igneous
metamorphic
15
This is an example of...
paleontologism
geologic column
catastrophism
uniformitarianism
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Rocks that form when magma cools and hardens is called...
metamorphic
sedimentary
fossil
igneous
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How long ago do scientists think that Pangaea began to split apart?
52 million years
520 million years
250 million years
25 million years
18
Who was the scientist that developed the Continental Drift theory?
Alfred Wegener
Pericles
Galileo
Albert Einstein
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What type of rock is this?
igneous
metamorphic
fossil
sedimentary
20
A chain of mountains on the sea floor where sea-spreading happens is called
mid-ocean ridge
tectonic plates
continental drifts
mantle
21
The idea that all geologic change occurs suddenly is called...
uniformitarianism
catastrophism
geology
paleontology
22
The center of Earth is called the core.
False
True
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What kind of disturbance is this?
intrusion
faulting
tilting
folding
24
When plates move AWAY from each other and separate they are called _____ boundaries.
convergent
transform-fault
drifting
divergent
25
This part of the Earth is made up of solid rock: it is what the tectonic plates are made of...
atmosphere
core
asthenosphere
lithosphere
26
"Paleo" means...
mountain
old or ancient
rock
new
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What type of rock is this?
sedimentary
fossil
igneous
metamorphic
28
Rocks that form from particles of sand, shells, pebbles and other fragments of material is called...
metamorphic
igneous
sedimentary
fossil
29
Lava/magma is pushed into existing rock formations is called...
intrusion
faulting
tilting
folding
30
Part of the mantle on which the tectonic plates MOVE: made of magma that moves in convection currents.
atmosphere
asthenosphere
core
lithosphere
31
When two plates meet and the more dense plate slips UNDER the other plate we call it...
subduction
trasformation
Trenching
Continental drifts
32
The scientific study of plant and animal fossils is called...
biology
astronomy
geology
paleontology
33
Number 2 is pointing to the...
inner core
mantle
crust
outer core
34
Which of these things does
NOT
happen during sea floor spreading...
New oceanic crust is created at the ridges
Many fish die during this process.
The sea floor moves and carries continents with it.
Spreading happens at the bottom of an ocean as plates move apart
35
The idea of superposition says ...
rocks do not organize by age
older rocks on bottom
younger rocks on bottom
young and old rocks are mixed together
36
When plates converge and collide together they are called _________ boundaries.
convergent
drifting
transform-fault
divergent
37
Hardened tree sap called _____ can trap an insect and then preserve it inside.
amber
basalt
marble
obsidian
38
What do the locations of earthquakes and volcanoes tell us about tectonic plates...
it shows us where the plate boundaries are
it is going to show us where violent earthquakes happen daily
it shows us where you should not vacation
it shows us where lava is always going to flow daily
39
The science of studying the earth's features and history is ....
geology
paleontology
biology
earthology
40
Rock layers bent and buckled from pushing together are called....
faulting
tilting
folding
intrusion
41
What kind of disturbance is this?
tilting
faulting
folding
intrusion
42
Number 3 is pointing to the...
inner core
crust
mantle
outer core
43
What kind of disturbance is this?
tilting
faulting
folding
intrusion
44
What kind of disturbance is this?
faulting
intrusion
tilting
folding
45
"Geo" is the Greek word for
mountains
Earth
fertile land
trading
46
The fossil record is incomplete because most organisms never became fossils.
True
False
47
A fossil is most often found in which kind of rock...
sedimentary
metamorphic
igneous
obsidian
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Image number 4 is the...
crust
outer core
mantle
inner core
49
When plates move past one another they are called ______ boundaries.
divergent
convergent
drifting
transform-fault
50
What kind of disturbance is this?
folding
faulting
tilting
intrusion
51
Rocks that are formed under the surface of the Earth dur to pressure are called...
sedimentary
fossil
igneous
metamorphic
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A break in Earth's crust where layers have moved compared to each other is called ...
folding
intrusion
tilting
faulting
