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Plate Tectonics Unit
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1
What is the name of the supercontinent that believe to have existed millions of years ago?
North America
Pangea
Continental Drift
Aegnap
2
Two continental plates pull away from each other along a
convergent boundary
transform boundary
divergent boundary
continental rift zone
3
Who came up with the theory of Continental Drift?
Pangea
George Washington
Newton
Alfred Wagner
4
An isolated body of magma rises upward toward Earth's surface at a
Mountain
Continent
Ocean
Hot Spot
5
Which stations will record fewer waves than others?
Stations 1 and 4
Stations 2 and 4
Stations 1 and 2
Stations 2 and 3
6
What two cities is the plate boundary between?
Maple Grove and Green Oaks
Maple Grove and Gardenview
Green Oaks and Meadowview
Garden view and Green oaks
7
The positions of the continents
changed but aren't changing today
changed in the past and continue to change today
never have changed
never moved
8
A piece of continental crust and a piece of oceanic crust meeting at a convergent boundary
forms a subduction zone
forms a fault
forms an earthquake
forms a rift valley
9
In convection currents,
hot and cool rock rises
hot and cool rock sinks
cooler rock rises and hotter rock sinks
hotter rock rises and cooler rock sinks
10
This states that there was once a supercontinent and was broken into continents driftng apart
Newton's First Law of Motion
Pangea
Theory of Continental Drift
My science book
11
The theory of plate tectonics was originally a theory about how continents move called?
Natural Selection
Pangea
Continental Drift
Evolution
12
What type of boundary is in the image?
South America
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
13
What depth does the P wave enter a new layer of the Earth?
2750 km
5350 km
2000 km
1000 km
14
Trenches are found at subduction zones which are a type of
Convergent Boundary
Volcano
Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
15
What do fossils being found on multiple continents tell us about the continents?
It tells us nothing
They all have a unique animal life
They were once joined together
They have the same animals
16
The path of seismic waves tells us that each layer
is made of the same material
is 5 miles long
has different properites
is the same size
17
What location is a mid-ocean ridge most likely to be found?
X
W
Z
Y
18
The outer core is
Both solid and liquid
Plastic
Solid
Liquid
19
What is and example of an island formed from a volcano?
Ohio
Mt. Saint Helen
Kentucky
Hawaii
20
The main difference in magma and lava is that lava is
underground
on the surface
in water
hot
21
What is the result of a subduction zone?
nothing happens
Forms a mid-ocean ridge
Ocean crust thickens
New crust formed
22
What type of boundary is in the image?
Divergent
Plates
Convergent
Transform
23
What type of plate boundary pulls apart?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
Subduction
24
What type of plate boundary is shown?
Divergent
Rift Valley
Convergent
Transform
25
What term best describes the geologic event taking place in the picture?
Erosion
Sea Floor Spreading
weathering
Rift Valley
26
What room number is Miss Kincer's room?
225
227
223
224
27
How can Scientist tell when reversals in Earth's magnetic field occur?
Measuring the minerals in aligned in the Earth
Measuring the mid ocean ridge
By looking at the color on the sea floor
Measuring the distance between mid ocean ridge & ocean floor
28
Who invented the game of basketball?
James Naismith
Joe Smith
George Basketball
Adolf Rupp
29
With Convection currents in the mantle what occurs first?
cooling of the warmer material
heating of cooler material
movement of more dense material
movement of less dense material
30
Tectonic plates are pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the
Outer Core
Mesophere
Asthenosphere
Inner Core
31
What layer of the Earth makes up 67% of the Earth's mass?
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer Core
32
What part of Earth is a liquid?
Outer Core
Inner Core
Crust
Mantle