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6th Science Quarter 2 Major 2
6th Science Quarter 2 Major 2
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1
The movement of tectonic plates are created by the movement of what in the mantle?
Convection Currents
Solar Energy
Ocean Currents
Wind
2
What tectonic plate do we live on?
South American Plate
African Plate
North American Plate
Eurasian Plate
3
What process of uniformitarianism is responsible for the creation of the Grand Canyon?
Volcanic Activity from the Ring of Fire
Erosion over time from the Colorado river
Weathering over time from hurricanes
Deposition over time from the Colorado River
4
This type of fault pictured below tend to form at transform plate boundaries and shearing occurs
Normal Fault
Reverse Fault
Strike-slip fault
5
The name of the fossils that represent species that existed on Earth for a short length of time, but extremely abundant
Rock Fossils
Dinosours fossils
Plant fossils
Index Fossils
6
What do we call the law that describes the processes that are going on today that also took place in the past?
law of superposition
Uniformitarianism
Law of plate tectonics
law of continental drift
7
What do we call the preserved remains or traces of once-living organisms that form over
the course of time?
Cadavers
rocks
fossils
fancy rocks
8
How are teh tectonic plates moved by energy from the core?
convection currents in the mantle do not move the plates
the core has nothing to do with tectonic plates
the core heats up water in an underground ocean
convection currents are generated by the movement of geothermal energy
9
What type of fault is pictured in the image below where the hanging wall is moving upwards
Reverse Fault
Normal Fault
Strike Slip Fault
10
How many tectonic plates make up the Earths lithosphere?
15
3
7
5
11
What are areas of sinking plates called?
Mountain Ranges
Abduction Zone
Subduction Zone
Fault Lines
12
The concepts of continental drift and seafloor spreading are united into a more encompassing theory known as
Plate Tectonics
Law of Superposition
Theory of evolution
Theory of Natural Selection
13
Which of the following strata is the youngest?
G
I
C
A
14
What tectonic plate boundary is pictured below?
Convergent Plate Boundary
Transform Plate Boundary
Divergent Plate Boundary
15
______ and ________ are responsible for five major extinction events that have occurred in Earth's geological history?
tsunamis and volcanic activity
asteroid and volcanic activity
asteroids and earthquakes
volcanic activity and earthquakes
16
What type of fault is shown below
reverse fault
strike-slip fault
normal fault
17
According to the image below, Which strata is the oldest?
I
C
A
G
18
What tectonic plate boundary is pictured in the image below?
Transform plate boundary
Convergent plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary
19
Which of the following is not a factor from the law of uniformitarianism?
Growing
Weathering
Deposition
Erosion
20
What kind of energy is moved through the convection currents within the mantle?
solar energy
bioelectric energy
tidal energy
geothermal energy
21
Convection Currents are
Convection currents are not moved in the mantle
movement of water in underground ocean
the squared shaped movement of water in the mantle
Circular movement of material moving due to changes in density
22
Using index fossils below, what strata is most likely the same age as the strata labeled "C" in column 1.
A
E
D
F
23
What tectonic plate boundary is pictured in the image below?
Convergent Plate Boundary
Divergent Plate Boundary
Transform Plate Boundary
24
The law of ________ explains that the oldest strata will be located deeper than younger strata in an undisturbed area.
superposition
Plate tectonics
inertia
gravity
25
The "Ring of Fire" located at the Pacific Ocean plate boundaries are named after subduction zone hotspots of ___ and __
volcanos and hurricanes
earthquake and asterroids
earthquakes and volcanos
earthquakes and mountains
26
What strata is older than the strata labeled with the layer "D"
I
G
B
E
