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Earth Processes 2019 (Colwell)
Earth Processes 2019 (Colwell)
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Which type of evidence does Wenger
NOT
use to support his Theory of Continental Drift?
fossil evidence
climate evidence
water evidence
landform evidence
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Convections currents is the force that drives plate movement, it occurs in the
outer core
lithosphere
inner core
asthenosphere
3
What Causes Plate Tectonics?
Earthquakes
Convection
Weather
Volcanoes
4
What is Plate Tectonics?
The theory of mountain formation
The theory of plates subducting under the mantle.
The theory of Pangaea
The theory of plates moving slowly over the mantle.
5
Which 2 layers make up the asthenosphere?
Outer Core and Inner Core
Outer Core and Mantle
Crust and Inner Core
Crust and Upper Mantle
6
What is the name of the theory that explains the movement of the lithosphere?
Lithospheric Morphology
Plate Tectonics
Orogenesis
Continental Drift
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What type of Plate Boundary Is This?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Reverse
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What kind of description of layers of the Earth involves Core, Mantel and Crust?
Chemical
Physical
Specific
General
9
What type of Plate Boundary is this?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Reverse
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What boundary is primarily found in oceans and is responsible for building new ocean floor?
divergent
fault plane
transform
transform
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In a convection current, heat tends to......
float
sink
rise
fall
12
What is the molten material called within the Earth?
granite
magma
obsidian
lava
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What type of Plate Boundary is this?
Convergent
Reverse
Divergent
Transform
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Which boundary describes the collision of lithospheric plates?
Tension
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
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Convections currents is the force that drives plate movement, it occurs in the
asthenosphere
lithosphere
outer core
inner core
16
Evidence for continental drift includes how similar the coast line is of these two continents
North America and South America
Australia and Antarctica
Africa and North America
South America and Africa
17
What is the hottest layer of the earth...?
Mantle
Outer core
Inner core
Crust
18
As you go deeper into the Earth....
temperatures decreases
temperature increases
pressure decreases
temperature stays the same
19
What causes a trench to form?
transform
uplifting of the ocean floor
divergent boundary
convection currents
20
Which layer is
not
part of the lithosphere?
upper mantle
continental crust
lower mantle
oceanic crust
21
What is the name of the large supercontinent that means "all land"?
Panda
Pangea
Polynesia
Pannotia
22
Earth is made up of many layers, which is the thinnest?
crust
outer core
inner core
mantle
23
Which event occurs at plate boundaries?
Earthquakes
All of the above
Mountains
Volcanoes
24
What layer is the source of convection current?
inner core
mantle
asthenosphere
outter core
25
Which scientist is credited with the plate tectonics theory?
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
Mozart
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Why is the core divided in to inner and outer layers?
outer core is liquid, inner core is solid
Inner core is made of metal, outer core is made of iron
outer core is solid, inner core is liquid
Inner core is thick, outer core is thin
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Why wasn't Wegener's Continental Drift Theory accepted by the science community?
Scientists were closed minded
He could not explain how the plates moved
Scientists felt there wasn't enough evidence
The evidence does not make sense
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Which characteristic describes continental crust?
more dense than oceanic crust
less dense than oceanic crust
made of basalt
thin layer
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What type of land feature is created when continental and continental collide?
folded mountains
trenches
ridges
rift valleys
