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Earths Interior & Plate Tectonics
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What are the three ways to transfer heat?
Heaters, air conditioners and floors.
Conduction, convection and radiation.
Sun, moon and stars.
Water, steam and stones.
2
Which of the following MUST happen for the sea floor to spread apart?
a flood
volcanic eruption
tectonic plate movement
a hurricane
3
Plate Tectonics is
Ridge of mountains separating Asia and my Blah Blah
I Like My Dad Car
Wow I like Islands
Earth's crust divided by a series of giant plates
4
We learned internal structure of the Earth with indirect evidence from..
digging
heat waves
seismic waves
rocks
5
Where does the sea-floor spread
Mid-Oceanic Ridges
Its not its all lies
Iceland somewhere
Trenches
6
What is Plate Tectonics?
The theory of mountain formation
The theory of plates moving slowly over the mantle.
The theory of Pangaea
The theory of plates subducting under the mantle.
7
is heat transfer through space by electromagnetic waves
radiation
conduction
I DON'T KNOW
convection
8
Earth is made up of many layers, which is the thinnest?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
9
Without what convection currents will eventually stop?
A Fluid
Density
Heat
Gravity
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All of these are types of heat transfer except....
convection
conduction
radiation
contortion
11
What are plate tectonics?
a plate
A theory used to explain the structure of the Earths crust
12
What is Pangaea?
a small volcano
all the contents spread very far apart
long ago the earth was a big super continent
idk
13
What evidence did Wegener use to support Continental Drift?
Plant Fossils and Climate information
Animal Fossils and Glacial Evidence
all of the above
Fit of Continents and Rock Sequences
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Which layer has convection currents?
The Crust
The Outer Core
The Inner Core
Mantle
15
The Theory of Plate Tectonics explains why we have volcanoes and earthquakes.
False
True
16
What was the main reason people did not believe Alfred Wegener's theory?
He could not explain how the continents moved
He had no evidence
17
Earth's inner core is ______________ .
a layer of hot rock.
a dense ball of solid metal.
a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin.
a layer of molten metal.
18
Define heat transfer?
happens in the vacuum of space
energy movement from hot to cold
not sure
currents formed from heating particles
19
Which heat transfer method requires direct contact?
conduction
boiling
radiation
convection
20
What hypothesis did Alfred Wegener compose?
Subduction
Hot Spot
Continental Drift
Convection Currents
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What Causes Plate Tectonics?
Volcanoes
Convection Currents
Earthquakes
Conduction
22
What is Pangaea
supercontinent
U.S.A
Canada
China
23
Where is most of Earth's freshwater located?
In Ice Caps and Glaciers
In Surface Water
in the sewer system
In groundwater
24
Evidence for continental drift included
the same fossils found across continents
coal being discovered in the Middle East
magnetic rocks that all pointed the same way
rocks that were different on every continent
25
WHO came up with the theory of Pangaea?
Alfred Williams
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Fred
Alfred Wagner
26
The layer of the Earth that has convection currents driving plate tectonics is the ___.
Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
Mantle
27
as depth increases towards the core of the earth..
temperature increases
global warming occurs
aluminum increases
temperature decreases
28
Which layer is the hottest layer of the Earth...?
Inner core
Crust
Outer core
Mantle
29
Sea floor gets pushed back into the mantle at...
mountains
valleys
mid-ocean ridges
subduction zones (trenches)
30
What are the 4 layers of the Earth...?
core, mantle lithosphere, biosphere
lava, fire, water, land,
outer core, water, mantle, core
inner core, outer core, mantle core
31
What is Pangaea
Pangaea is the Result of Suduction
Pangaea is the theory of the giant super continent
Pangaea is the theory of the giant land mass
Pangaea is the Result of Sea Floor Spreading
32
This is a diagram of the mid-ocean ridge. What is causing the ridge to spread apart?
two tectonic plates moving away from each other
two tectonic plates moving alongside each other
two tectonic plates crashing into each other
one tectonic plate being pushed under another
33
Humans Inhabited Pangaea
False
True
34
What theory did Alfred Wegener first propose?
The Theory of Plate Tectonics
The Big Bang Theory
The Theory of Continental Drift
The Theory of Sea Floor Spreading
35
Which of these MUST happen for the sea floor to spread apart?
volcanic eruption
a flood
plate movement
a hurricane
36
Convection currents in the core are responsible for . . .
The Earth's magnetic field
The movement of tectonic plates
The high tides
The Coriolis effect
37
The least dense layer of the earth is the ____________.
Inner Core
Mantle
Crust
Outer core
38
What causes earth Mantle to flow...?
air currents
Convections currents
Alfred Wegener
Mantle
39
Which of the following was NOT evidence for Pangaea?
Geologic Evidence (rock sequences)
Fossil evidence
Human remains.
continental fit
40
What is not a layer of the Earth?
stuffed crust
core
crust
mantle
41
How does heat transfer
North to West
Hot to Cold
Cold to Up
Hot to East
42
What are the types of plate boundaries?
Converging, diverging, transforming
Converging, diverging, transform
Converge, diverge, transform
Convergent, divergent, transform
43
What is heat transfer between materials that are touching?
Radiation
Conduction
Convection Currents
Convection
44
What did the other scientists say about Alfred Wegener?
He was a genius for discovering light.
Ha Ha Alfred Wegener, you are a crazy little man.
He was a genius for discovering air.
He was a genius for discovering fire.
45
what do convection currents do
they move the plates
moves magma
they make the plates cold
they melt plates
46
What causes convection currents?
Hot particles rise and cool particles fall
Larva
Wegener's Magical Powers
Suns rays warm the ocean water
47
How Do Convection Currents Work?
Heat Cools and Rises then Heats Back Down
Heat Rises and Cools Back Down
48
____________ is the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance
Geology
Meteorology
Biology
Astronomy
49
Animals inhabited pangaea
False
True
50
How do convection currents affect plate movement?
They don't move it
What are convection currents?
They sit still on them
They move it
51
What sphere contains the Earth's plates?
lithosphere
asthenosphere
biosphere
hydrosphere
52
What is the upper most layer of the earth's structure called?
The crust
The crustt
Viscous
Mantle
53
Which two theories did the Theory of Plate Tectonics come from?
Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading
Continental Drift and Seafloor Rising
Continental Spreading and Seafloor Spreading
Continental Split and Seafloor Rising
54
What does Pangaea mean?
together
everything
all lands
super continent
55
Which of the following is evidence of Pangaea?
Written records of ancient civilizations about the land
continents on other planets separated from one landmass
Fossils found on continents that are very far apart
a puzzle shaped like the continents fit together to form one
56
Does the sea floor spread?
Um, idk
Yes
NO CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT REAL!
Depends on how you see the world
