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Intro to Plate Tectonics
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1
Which of the following is an example of heat transfer by conduction?
The warmth felt by a fire
Earthquakes
sunlight
An ice cube melting in your hand
2
Are you allowed to eat or chew gum in this class?
Not sure
Yes
Sometimes
Not anymore, sick of finding gum and Cheetos on my floor
3
True or false, it is possible to drill deeper than Earth's crust?
True
False
4
Which of the following provides direct evidence about Earth's interior?
rock samples
tsunamis
seismic waves
earthquakes
5
As you go deeper inside the Earth, pressure:
disappears
remains the same
increases
decreases
6
Earth's core is made up mostly of:
dimes and nickels
Water and nickel
iron and nickel
iron and water
7
The core is to the mantle, as a ______ is to a pot of soup:
spoon
Heat source (e.g. a flame)
piece of broccoli
potato
8
Gravity pulls denser material toward Earth's center ________ than it pulls less dense material.
as strongly
less strongly
more strongly
none of these answers
9
Wegener used all of the following to support his ideas about Continental Drift, except:
fossils
ancient climate zones
wildfire debris
land features
10
When Earthquakes occur, they produce which of the following?
seismic waves
mantle
Rock samples
lithoshpere
11
What is Mr. Donaldson's favorite basketball team?
Lakers
Bucks
Warriors
Clippers
12
The Lithosphere consists of:
the upper mantle and the lithosphere
the inner mantle and the core
the crust and upper mantle
the crust and lower mantle
13
Wegener's ideas about Continental Drift were _________ at the time that they came out:
changed
rejected
praised
accepted
14
What is the Layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer skin?
Mantle
crust
Core
pressure
15
In a convection current, heat tends to:
float
die
rise
sink
16
According to Wegener, the continents once drifted together forming the supercontinent:
Los Angeles
Legoland
Pangaea
North America
17
What was Wegener's theory called?
Plate tectonics theory
Modern theory
Continental drift theory
Pangaea theory
18
Fossils can include:
animals
plants and animals
plants
water
19
Which of the following is an example of heat transfer by radiation?
hot soup rising to the top of a pot and cooling down
icebergs
a spoon heating up from a hot pan
sunlight
20
Are you allowed to have your cell phones out in class?
no
maybe so
yes
21
How does the inner core differ from the outer core?
They are made of different materials
They are the same
The inner core is solid; the outer core is liquid
The inner core is liquid; the outer core is solid
