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Continental Drift Theory, Plate Boundaries, Topography
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1
A transform boundary can create _____.
Earthquakes
Continents
Volcanoes
River valleys
2
How many years ago does the Continental Drift Theory believe Pangea existed?
225-300million years
65million years
225-300 thousand years
2 billion years
3
Who is credited with the Theory of Continental Drift?
Schwann
Newton
Wegener
Weissner
4
Earthquakes are responsible for forming many of earth’s features
False
True
5
The core of the earth is believed to be made of _____ & _____.
Nickel and Steel
Basalt and Granite
Iron and Nickel
Iron Only
6
What is the layer of the earth we live on called?
Mantle
Continental Crust
Asthenosphere
Oceanic Crust
7
Continental Crust stays on top of oceanic crust because it is ______.
More Dense
Equally Dense
Less Dense
Made of Basalt
8
Wegener developed his theory partly because the continents looked like they...
Looked like they were slowing down
Looked the same as eachother
Fit together like a puzzle
Looked like they were moving
9
Erosion is the break down of rock/sediment by ______processes.
Tectonic
Static (not Moving) Processes
Moving
Depositting
10
Which of the following is NOT evidence of continental Drift?
Evidence from Water content
Fossil Records
Evidence of Climate
Evidence from Landform
11
Oceanic Convergent boundaries can result in _____.
Volcanoes
new island formations
Mid-Ocean Rift
Sea Floor Sprearing
12
Which of the following theory proposes a possible explanation to the origin of our solar system.
origin of the earth theory
Continental Drift
Nebular
Plate Tectonics
13
Deposition is a ________ process.
Destructive
Constructive
Mechanical
tectonic
14
Which of the following takes place at a divergent boundary?
Smash Together
Move sideways
Pull Apart
move up
15
Continental Convergent boundaries ______ and form ____ _____.
slide sideways, hill
pull together, volcanoes
Collide, Folded Mountains
Pull Apart, Hot Spot
16
In a transform boundary, the plates are ______.
move up and down
Colliding Head on
Pulling Apart
Sliding against each other
17
Volcanoes are rarely formed as a result of tectonic plate movement.
True
False
18
Weathering and erosion have shaped earth for billions of years.
True
False
19
Weathering is the break down of rock/sediment by ______processes.
Moving
Depositting
Tectonic
Static (not Moving) Processes
20
It is believed the continents have always been in their present positions
False
True
21
How old is the Earth according to most scientist.
2000 million years
4.6 billion years
2 billion years
100 million years
22
Oceanic Divergent boundaries _____ _____ and form a _____ ______.
Smash Together, Volcano Chain
Pull Apart, Mid-Ocean Ridge
Pull Apart, Rift Valley
Smash Together, Mountain Range
23
Early Earth is believed to have had no oceans and no atmosphere
False
True
24
The lithosphere includes _______ & _______.
Mantle and Asthenosphere
Oceanic Crust and Asthenosphere
Mantle and Core
Continental & Oceanic Crust
25
What is the name of the super-continent in the Continental Drift theory?
Panera
Panger
Panini
Pangea
26
No one is exactly sure how Earth was formed.
False
True
27
Early Earth is believed to have been hot______ mass.
sticky
watery
icey
poisonous
28
The North American plate is not moving.
True
False
29
What is the end result of a subduction zone?
Ocean Trenches
Formation of Mid-ocean ridges
Formation of mountains and volcanoes
continents are formed
30
Wegener's Theory was originall rejected due to his inability to...
Explain convection currents
Produce tangible evidence
The theory was just wrong
account for what pushes and pulls the plates
