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What is the continental drift?
how one continent floats on another
Explains how Pangaea was created
observation of how continents were once connected
wind pushing a continent
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Which is NOT evidence that supports continental drift?
Convection Currents
Landforms
Fossils
Climate
3
Sea floor is created at this type of boundary:
Subduction
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
4
Which of the following causes earthquakes?
Richter Scale
Moment Magnitude Scale
Frictional heating
Elastic rebound
5
Which side of the mountain experiences more rain?
Leeward
Rain shadow
Windward
Orographic effect
6
We live in the ___________ hemisphere.
Northern
Southern
7
Temperature decreases with altitude in the troposphere.
False
True
8
What happens in the mesosphere that helps protect Earth from disaster?
Radiation is blocked
Weather occurs
Deflection of magnetic field
Meteorites burn up
9
________ influences climate because the higher above sea level, the colder the air.
Altitude or elevation
Wind patterns
Angle of sun rays
Topography
10
What provides the fuel for the volcano?
Inner core
Crater
Vent
Magma chamber
11
Which seismic waves travel most rapidly?
S waves
Tsunamis
Surface waves
P waves
12
Magma moves the earth's plates through the forces caused by
Volcanic Eruptions
Convection Currents
Volcanic Action
Axial rotation
13
Convection is the transfer of heat in
fluids
air
solids
liquids
14
This is where one plate ends and the other begins
Zones
Divergent Boundaries
Boundary
Subduction Zones
15
Layers of the atmosphere are divided based on differences in...
altitude
oxygen
air pressure
temperature
16
The Pacific ocean is getting
hotter
bigger
smaller
colder
17
What seafloor feature is associated with the subduction zone?
Sea Valley
Mid Ocean Ridge
Shelf
Trench
18
What is the term used for the mixture of gases that surround our Earth?
Stratosphere
Atmosphere
Ozone layer
Biosphere
19
Transform boundaries move ______________ each other.
parallel to
in hover mode over
towards
away from
20
Subduction zone occurs at what kind of boundary?
Super collider
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
21
Denser ocean crust forced below less dense continental crust
Segmented Zone
Abduction Zone
Subduction Zone
Seduction Zone
22
The seasons are caused by the fact that our orbit around the Sun is elliptical.
False
True
23
The amount of solar energy given off by the Sun never fluctuates.
True
False
24
The greatest concentration of metals occurs in the Earth's...
continental crust
core
oceanic crust
mantle
25
Alfred Wagner proposed what theory?
Pangaea Separation
Pangaea Collision
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
26
Convergent boundaries move ______________ each other.
towards
away from
parallel to
in hover mode over
27
Why are there seasons?
Because the moon revolves around the Earth
Because the Earth is heating up due to global warming
Because the Earth revolves around the Sun
Because of the way the Earth tilts on its axis
28
What do you call a tool that measures the size of an earthquake?
Richter Scale
Earthquake monitor
Seismograph
Moment Magntiude Scale
29
Thanks to ________ we have day and night.
Tilt
Revolution
Ms. Dixon
Rotation
30
The Atlantic Ocean is getting
smaller
hotter
bigger
colder
31
Divergent boundaries move ______________ each other.
away from
parallel to
towards
in hover mode over
32
Which of the following is NOT a factor that effects the climate of an area?
Elevation
Longitude
Ocean currents + winds
Latitude
33
What sea floor feature is associated with the divergent zone?
Sea Mountains
Continental Slope
Deep Sea Trench
Mid-ocean ridge
34
This theory suggests that the earth's crust is broken up into sections:
Plate Tectonics
Convection Currents
Mantle Sectionism
Continental Drift
35
Forms when two continental plates collides
mountains
glaciar
rainbows
trench
36
What type of volcano is this?
caldera
Cinder cone
Composite
shield
37
Because of the curved surface of the Earth, the climate at the equator is hotter than the poles.
True
False
38
Which is most dangerous?
A volcano that has been inactive for hundreds of years
A volcano that erupts frequently
An extinct volcano
A hot spot volcano
39
It is hotter in summer because...
more volcanoes erupt
the Earth receives more direct sunlight and days are longer
the Sun is hotter in the summer
the Earth is closer to the Sun
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Earth's orbit is a perfect circle
False
True
