stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Unit 2 Practice Test 1 Plate Motion (Amplify) Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Unit 2 Practice Test 1 Plate Motion (Amplify)
Unit 2 Practice Test 1 Plate Motion (Amplify)
12 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
7,978 plays
Amplify Science Plate Motion unit review, for Greenwood Academy 7th Grade Science
Flashcards
12 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
12
Answers
1
What do both convergent and divergent plate boundaries have in common?
Earthquakes and landslides occur
Large cracks and volcanic activity occur
Trenches and landslides occur
Earthquakes and volcanic activity occur
2
At a
mid-ocean ridge...
soft, solid rock melts and becomes magma
hard, solid rock hardens and is removed from plates
soft, solid rock cools and is added to plates
hard, solid rock melts and destroys the plates
3
Which of the following natural processes would take place over a
very looooooong time
?
An avalanche occurs in the spring as ice melts
A flash flood occurred after a sudden rainstorm
The continent of Antarctica moved south
An earthquake destroyed several buildings in a city
4
Earth's plates can move because the mantle is made of
liquid rock (including magma)
soft, solid rock
liquid metal
hard, solid rock
5
Which of the following is a valid piece of evidence for
continental drift
?
Similar rock types were found on different continents
An ancient fern fossil was found on only one continent
Central Africa and South America have the exact same climate
GPS measurements track plate motion to be 1 kilometer a year
6
How do we explain why
Mesosaurus
fossils are separated on different continents by an ocean?
The South American and African plates had ocean flooding
The South American and African plates moved apart suddenly
The South American and African plates moved apart gradually
The South American and African plates moved closer together
7
Which of the following choices show
all
lines of evidence for
continental drift
?
matching continent coastlines
same fossils and rock types, continents fit together
same rocks from mountain ranges and parts of continents
same plant fossils only
8
What can be formed at a convergent plate boundary?
Mountains
Trenches
Mid-ocean ridges
Waterfalls
9
The layer of hard, solid rock underneath the Earth's continents and oceans is a.k.a. the
mantle
core
inner layer
outer layer
10
At convergent plate boundaries...
Plates move apart, and mid-ocean ridges form
Plates move towards each other, and mid-ocean ridges form
Plates slide along each other, and mountains form
Plates move towards each other, and trenches form
11
Locations where earthworm fossils were found are on this map. Which statement is true?
Europe and Australia were once connected to each other
Australia and Africa used to be connected to each other
India and North America used to be connected to each other
Australia and Greenland were once connected to each other
12
A plate is...
another word for continent
a location at the center of the Earth
a large section of the Earth's outer layer
the soft, solid rock underneath the Earth's outer layer
