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Amplify Plate Motions End of the unit Review
Amplify Plate Motions End of the unit Review
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1
What is not an effect of plate motions?
volcanic activity
mountain ranges
hurricanes
earthquakes
2
What is a Cross section?
A type of landform.
A type of technology
A shape with 10 sides.
Diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
3
What is a paleontologist?
Someone who studies earthquakes.
Someone who studies the moon phases.
Someone who studies fossils.
Someone who studies present-day animals.
4
What is a core sample?
A sample from the core of food.
Cylindrical section of a naturally occurring substance.
Cutting a rock in half and inspecting the middle of it.
5
What does it mean to Converge?
To meet/ come together.
To separate/ move away.
6
Which claim best represent the movement of plates?
Plates move gradually
Plates move suddenly
Plates move randomly
Plates never move
7
Which definition best fits the word 'fossil'?
Millions of years old bones.
The remains of prehistoric organism preserved in rock.
Bones from an extinct animal or person.
Bones you can put together.
8
What does geological mean?
Geological is the study of food.
Geological is the study of Earth's physical structure.
Geological is the study of weather.
9
What is a plate?
A plate is what the Earth's surface is broken up into.
A plate is a glass round object you eat of off.
A plate is a round disk.
10
What types of evidence did Alfred Wegener use to prove his idea of the "Super Continent"?
The continent's shape
All of the above
Mountain ranges and rock
Fossils and climate change
11
Which one is not true about plate movements?
A plate can float away
A plate can go under another plate.
A plate can move sideways and downward at the edge of a plate.
A plate can become part of the mantle
12
Which statements are true about volcanic and earthquake activity?
There are no connections between the two.
They happen along plate boundaries
They happen in random locations
They happen in similar locations
13
If we took a vertical cross section of a pineapple, what would the cross section look like?
C
D
A
B
14
Which definition best describes Tectonics?
Giant landforms
Things that move earth around.
Pieces of land.
A process affecting the structure of Earth's solid layer over time.
15
Which statement best describes the mantle?
the layer of water underneath Earth’s plates
the layer of sand underneath Earth’s plates
the layer of hard, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
16
Which statement best describes the process of when two plates move away from each other?
Soft solid rock fills in the gap and hardens
sand and rock fill in the gap
A new plate from underneath fills in the gap
Water fills in the gap
17
Years after Wegener had passed away, scientist gathered more evidence to prove his theory. What was the Theory called?
The Theory of Wegener
The Theory of Pangea
The Theory of Plate Tectonics
18
What landforms occur from divergent boundaries?
Mid-ocean ridge
Underwater mountains in the middle of the ocean.
All of the above.
Trench
19
What landforms occur when two plates converge?
Volcanic eruptions
Trench
Mid-ocean ridge
20
Scientist use this technology to learn more about plate motion
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Ocean microphones
GPS
Cell phones
21
By drilling in different parts of the world, what were we able to conclude?
That each place had the same amounts of water
That each place had a solid rock layer
That each place had all the same types of material
22
What does it mean to Diverge?
To meet.
To separate.
23
What is a Mesosaurus?
An extinct dinosaur that lived 300 million years ago
An extinct fish that lived 300 million years ago
An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
