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Earth Science Unit Review 2024
Earth Science Unit Review 2024
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1
Where are earthquakes and volcanoes likely to be found?
At plate boundaries
In the oceans
On tectonic plates
In the middle of continents
2
This is the layer of the Earth where convection currents occur.
Inner Core
Crust
Asthenosphere
Outer Core
3
Earthquakes are often a result of plates sliding sideways past each other at this type of boundary.
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
Allegiant
4
A tectonic plate could include both oceanic and continental crust.
False
True
5
This kind of crust is thicker, but less dense.
Continental
Oceanic
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Hotspots
Stay in one place.
Created Hawaii and The Galapagos Islands.
Move under the oceanic plate.
Created the Ring of Fire.
7
When two continental plates collide they often form mountains. This is called a ________ boundary.
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Allegiant
8
Where is a famous hotspot found in our country?
Yellowstone National Park
Des Moines, Iowa
Chicago, Illinois
Isle Royale National Park
9
What was Wegener missing from his idea of Continental Drift?
Plant and animal fossils
Sea-floor spreading
San Andreas Fault
Volcano and earthquake models
10
Tectonic Plates are always moving.
False
True
11
A volcanic feature that's formed when a volcano collapses is called a...
Fault
Caldera
Black Hole
Rift
12
The prefix -seismic refers to...
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Water
Air Quality
13
The Ring of Fire is...
a circle of underwater volcanoes found throughout the Atlantic Ocean.
a ring like shape from the western Americas, to Asia and Australia.
a circle around the Arctic Circle.
a horseshoe like formation that stretches from Russia to Western Africa.
14
Magma that is less dense and warmer...
Moves upward
Does not move
Moves downward
Moves east
15
The following are TWO pieces of evidence for Continental Drift:
Climate change in Australia and human fossils
Continents fit like puzzle pieces and similar plastics found
Animal and plant fossils
Rock patterns and water quality
16
Trenches and Mountains are still forming today.
True
False
17
Earth's plates are surrounded by melted rock and do not touch each other.
False
True
18
Ocean and Continental Crusts meet:
Both crusts subduct
Continental Crust Subducts
Ocean Crust rises above the continental crust
Ocean crust subducts
19
A hotspot forms from...
uneven heat transfer on the sun.
being on the borders of tectonic plates.
too much drilling for oil wells that creates "gaps".
uneven heat transfers deep below earth's surface.
20
Who was the scientist to propose the theory of Continental Drift?
Alfred Wegener
Richard Wagner
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
21
A hotspot can create an island over a long period of time.
True
False
22
With a thickness of 2,900 km or 2,000 miles, this layer is the thickest layer of the Earth.
Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
Mantle (Upper, middle and lower)
23
A lava lamp can be used to help us understand...
Molecular movement when heated
Reasoning behind tectonic plate movement
Convection Currents
Density
24
The Pacific Ocean floor is moving this direction, about three inches per year:
Southwest
Eastward
Northwest
South
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Mountain ranges and trenches in the oceans support the idea that the ocean(sea) floor is spreading.
True
False
