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1
What was the main motivation for European exploration during the 15 & 16 century?
Making more accurate maps
Collecting rocks and sediments from the sea floor
Climate Research
Trade and Commerce/Faster Trade Routes
2
Most tectonic plates move at rates of
meters per second.
centimeters per second.
centimeters per year.
meters per year.
3
What are the purposes of mapping?
To show a phenomenon or process we can't see with our eyes
All of the above
To represent a larger area than we can see
To present information clearly
4
The prime meridian is located at...
0 degrees latitude
180 degrees latitude
0 degrees longitude
180 degrees longitude
5
Name individuals involved in 15
th
century European exploration.
Marco Pollo, Portugal, Ferdinand Magellan, Henry Hudson
Leif Ericsson, Aristotle, and Bede
Ming Dynasty
Benjamin Franklin and Matthew Fontaine Maury
6
Pangaea, in the continental drift hypothesis, can also be referred to as a ___.
supercontinent
plate
subduction
geosphere
7
Which of the following results when two continental plates slide past each other?
earthquake
volcanic island
subduction zone
mountain
8
The equator is located at
0 degrees longitude
180 degrees latitude
180 degrees longitude
0 degrees latitude
9
What evidence supports that all of today's continents were once part of a single continent?
Today's continents fit together like a puzzle
all of these
Similiar fossils have been found on different continents.
Different continents have similar types of rocks.
10
A physical map shows...
the earth divided into countries, states, and cities
what the surface of the earth looks like
where you are in relation to other things
the shape of the earth's surface by using contour lines
11
What sources did the Polynesians use to explore the oceans?
maps and compasses
stick charts, stars, clouds and winds
None of the above
Currents
12
Continental-continental collision will most likely produce a ____.
new ocean
rift valley/mid-ocean ridge
mountain
new continent
13
How did Ben Franklin identify the location of the Gulf Stream current?
Putting a bottle in the ocean and seeing where it ended up
By using an airplane to watch from above
By looking at the stars
By talking to his cousin who was a whaling ship captain.
14
Which of the following types of boundaries results in the creation of mountain ranges?
Divergent
Transform
Subduction
Convergent
15
When did the HMS Challenger sail?
1200 BCE - 200 BCE
March 1870- November 1877
1254-1433
December 1872- May 1876
16
How long did it take for the tectonic plates to change the number of continents on Earth.
thousands of years.
centuries
decades
millions of years
17
What kind of plate boundary moves in opposite directions and creates valleys?
transform boundary
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
18
Which of the following types of boundaries results in the creation of ocean trenches?
Transform
Divergent
Subduction
Convergent
19
Earth's tectonic plates
move only up and down.
are constantly in motion
move only once
do not move
20
The movements of Earth's plates can move thousands of kilometers across the Earth's surface
occur in one sudden movement.
occur due to human activity.
do not change the Earth's surface at all.
occur gradually over millions of years.
21
A topographic map shows....
what the surface of the earth looks like
the shape of the earth's surface by using contour lines
the earth divided into countries, states, and cities
where you are in relation to other things
22
What is the result of two plates moving together causing one plate to descend beneath the other
ridge
trench
volcano
subduction
23
What was the name of the scientist that developed the Theory of Continental Drift?
Robert Hooke
Gregor Mendel
Antonie Leewenhoek
Alfred Wegener
24
7. Which of following continents match up with South America to prove the continental puzzle?
Europe
Africa
North America
Australia
25
Judging from the diagram, where are most ocean trenches located?
beneath very wide mountain ranges
at the center of continental plates
at the center of oceanic plates
at the boundary between two plates
26
Name the four cardinal directions.
Westeast, northsouth, eastnorth, westsouth
Southeast, Northwest, Southwest, Norteast
North, South, East, West
Top, bottom, left, right
27
Which of the following types of plate boundaries would produce the most significant earthquake?
Subduction
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
28
A political map shows...
the shape of the Earth's surface by using contour maps
where you are in relation to other things
the earth divided into countries, states, cities
what the surface of the earth looks like
29
Which of the following types of boundaries is where a “new” seafloor is produced?
Subduction
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
30
How did the HMS Challenger change marine science and ocean exploration ?
Mapped Hawaii
Found that the Earth is round
Captured Spanish ships and cargo
Their research formed the basis of modern oceanography
