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What did Canadian scientist J. Tuzo Wilson contribute to Plate Tectonics?
Its name
The theory of Transform plates
The theory of Converging plates
The theory of Diverging plates
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What type of fault is pictured below?
Reverse Fault
Normal
Strike-slip Fault
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what is Continental Drift
i have no idea
the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across earth's surface.
Theory that earth's lithosphere is in constant motion
its a thing when the earth moves
4
Old Mountain changes are
Billions of years old.
Millions of years old
Round and small
Tall and sharp
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Mechanical weathering is
caused by living things, like plants and animals
caused by force, like pressure, pushing, and crashing
caused by chemical processes like acid rain & carbonic acid
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You can never have Fold and Fault mountains together it always has to be one or the other.
True
False
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What is the fastest kind of seismic waves?
Love waves
P waves
IDK
s waves
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Modern Sea floor spreading data disproves continental drift theory thats why we made the theory of Plate Tectonics.
True
False
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This type of rock is pictured below.
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
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What is a fault?
trench in the ocean
a crack in the earth
an area where volcanoes are present
a crator
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Which type of Erosion will move the largest type of rock?
Ocean currents
Rivers
Gravity
Wind
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What type of fault is pictured below?
Strike-slip Fault
Normal
Reverse Fault
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Which of the following provided evidence for continental drift?
Fossils being found on different continents
All of the above
examples of Climate change in the geological record.
Same rock formations on different sides of the Atlantic.
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Where are nearly all mountains found?
At plate boundaries
On land
Antarctica
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Do earthquakes relieve pressure?
No they dont.
yes they do.
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What is the Definition of the Ring of Fire?
A Fire Along the Border of Japan
A String of Active Volcanoes
What Lions Jump in
A Mountain Shaped Like a Ring
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Who theorized the drift of continental drift?
Ben Franklin
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
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What is a seismograph?
A device that measures th strength of an earthquake
A device that stopped water from flooding
A device that helped carry crops
A device that told the time
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Continental Drift
Hypothesis that continents slowly move across Earth's surface
the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmas
the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmas
Hypothesis that continents slowly move across Earth's surface
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How do sedimentary rocks form?
Weathering and erosion
Compacting and cementing
your pet rock
Heat and pressure
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What do convection, ridge push, and slab pull work together to produce?
earthquakes
continental lithosphere
fracture zones
tectonic plate motion
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What are transform plate boundaries?
Plates that move apart
Plates that move together
Plates that don't move at all
Plates that move past each other
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What type of fault is pictured below?
Strike-slip Fault
Reverse Fault
Normal
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This type of Weathering is caused by the dissolving of rocks.
Biological
Physical
Mechanical
Chemical
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The upper most part of a fold mountain is called the.
Anticline
Syncline
Incline
Fault
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What layer of the earth is Liquid?
Mantle
Inner Core
Crust
Outer core
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Primary Seismic Waves can pass through
Crust and core only
Gases only
Solids only
Solids,gases, and liquids
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Erosion is..
build up
tearing pieces apart
gradual wearing away
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What are the 3 types of seismic waves
primary, radial, epicenter
epicenter, focus, surface
focus, secondary, primary
primary, secondary, surface
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Fold mountains are formed when....
two continental plates collide
when continentals platters are served
when two continental plates move apart
when continental bread is cut in half
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Fold Mountains are different from Fault Mountains since Fault mountains are Bendable while Fold are Brittle
True
False
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Metamorphic rocks are formed by....?
Heat and time
Heat and pressure
the layering of sediment over time
Magma cooling down and solidifying
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Love Seismic Waves can pass through
the core only
the mantle only
earthquakes only
the surface only
34
A subduction zone is where...
ocean plates meet
where earthquakes may occur
a heavier plate is pushed under another plate
where volcanos may occur
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Earthquakes are most common
where volcanoes are inactive
all of the above
along the edge of plates
in the middle of plates
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What are divergent plate boundaries?
Plates that don't move at all
Plates that move past each other
Plates that move together
Plates that move apart
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This type of weathering is caused by living things interacting with rocks.
Human
Chemical
Mechanical
Biological
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What are the 4 layers of the Earth...?
lava, fire, water, land,
inner core, outer core, mantle core
outer core, water, mantle, core
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When did the Earth form?
46 billion years ago
4.6 million years ago
46 million years ago
4.6 billion years ago
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Where in Canada do we find Volcanoes
BC and Yukon
Alberta and NWT
Saskatchewan
Toronto
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What Happens in the Ring of Fire?
Where Tsunamis, Earthquakes and Volcanoes Occur
Nothing
A Circus Starts
All of the Above
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Where are volcanoes formed?
at plate boundaries
in valleys
On Hotspots
somewhere?
43
The Himalayas, Andes, and Rocky mountains are
Young
Brand new
Old
Teenager
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How do earthquakes occur?
2 plates move at different speeds causing pressure to build
After Tsunamis occur
Where plates of the same weight collide and so neither slip
After tsunamis above magnitude 6.7 occur
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Which two theories did the Theory of Plate Tectonics come from?
Continental Drift and Seafloor Rising
Continental Spreading and Seafloor Spreading
Continental Split and Seafloor Rising
Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading
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What Causes Plate Tectonics?
Weather
Volcanoes
Convection
Earthquakes
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True or False you can use colour to determine if a mineral is Pyrite vs Gold.
True
False
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how are volcanoes formed?
by movement of tectatonic plates
they were made by dinosaurs
nobody cares
magma
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What are convergent plate boundaries?
Plates the move together
Plates that don't move around at all
Plates that move past each other
Plates that move apart
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What is the softest common household material according to Mohs Hardness scale?
Glass
Pencil point
Fingernail
Porcelain tile
