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1
Which temperature is inferred to exist in Earth's plastic mantle?
3,000DC
2,000DC
5,000DC
4,000DC
2
How many NBA titles have the Boston Celtics won?
19
17
21
15
3
Around what plate is the famed "ring of fire" predominantly located?
Pacific
Nazca
Caribbean
South American
4
Which one is NOT evidence of crustal change near the earth's surface?
Volcanic activity
Faults
Metamorphic rocks at high altitudes
Raised Beaches
5
Which is NOT evidence of deep crustal change?
Mid-ocean ridges
Earthquake zones
Mountain ranges
Marine fossils found at high elevations
6
Sedimentary rocks form as...
organic carbon deposits
horizontal strata
pressurized fossils
hardened volcanic magma
7
According to Pangea, the Appalachians form a mountain chain with mountains in which countries?
Russia and China
Australia and New Zealand
Great Britain and Norway
Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast
8
According to the theory of Pangea, which continent was connected to the west coast of Africa?
Antarctica
Australia
Eurasia
South America
9
Who first proposed the idea of one "supercontinent"?
Charles Darwin
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Andrew Carnegie
10
Which is NOT evidence of the existence of Pangea?
fossil similarities
climate similarities
vegetable similarities
mountain similarities
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Where is New York located?
near the center of a large plate
above a mantle hot spot
above a mid-ocean range
at a convergent plate boundary
