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1
Which of the following does not support that continents used to be connected (Pangea)?
Continents Fit Together
Satellite Images
Plate Tectonics
Fossils
2
According to Mohs hardness scale, the following is true:
Quartz is softer than Feldspar
Topaz is harder than diamonds
Gypsum is softer than Corundrum
Fluorite and Calcite have the same hardness
3
When an igneous rock changes into a metamorphic rock, which process occurs?
Compacting and Cementing
Weathering and Eroding
Melting and Cooling
Heat and Pressure
4
Which plate converges with other plates to form the Ring of Fire?
Eurasion Plate
Pacific Plate
Nazca Plate
Indo-Australian Plate
5
Which scientists proposed the theory of continental drift?
Alfred Wegner
Charles Darwin
Demetri Mendeleev
Matthias Schleiden
6
True or False: Igneous rocks cannot become sedimentary rocks.
False
True
7
Continental drift states that:
Continents are floating in unpredictable patterns
All continents are moving toward one another
Continents has moved due to plate tectonics
Continents are sinking into the oceanic water
8
When a metamorphic rock changes into a sedimentary rock, which process must occur FIRST?
Weathering and Eroding
Melting and Cooling
Compacting and Cementing
Heat and Pressure
9
An igneous rock is formed when:
A volcano erupts
Sediments are deposited
Magma cools and hardens
Magma undergoes heat and pressure
10
Which layer of the earth is a solid metal?
Crust
Outer Core
Mantle
Inner Core
11
Which plate boundary is most responsible for earthquakes?
Divergent
Transform
Perpendicular
Convergent
12
How are mountains formed when talking about plate tectonics?
Continental crust colliding with continental crust
Oceanic crust colliding with continental crust
Two plats moving away from one another
Transform boundaries
13
Which landform is the cause of plates moving away from one another in a divergent boundary?
San Andres Fault
Mid Atlantic Ridge
Himalayan Mountains
Hawaiian Islands
14
Which layer of the earth is broken into plates?
Lithosphere
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Crust
15
True or False: The lithosphere is made up of the crust and upper part of the mantle.
True
False
16
Which plate boundary is most responsible for volcanoes?
Transform
Divergent
Perpendicular
Convergent
17
What type of rock is formed during the separation of plates at a divergent boundary?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
None, it is just land
18
What process is the driving force causing the plates to move?
The divergent boundaries in the oceans
Convection currents in the mantle
Earthquakes
The Earth's rotation
19
True or False: A metamorphic rock can be formed when sediments go through heat and pressure.
True
False
20
Which layer of the earth do tectonic plates float on?
Core
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mantle
