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Earth Science Ch1-3 Test
Where is it the most dense?
Heat transfer through SUNLIGHT...
Earth Science Ch1-3 Test
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Unit 1 chapters 1, 2, 3 test
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Heat transfer through SUNLIGHT...
convection
conduction
radiation
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Where is it the most dense?
A
B
C
3
He found similar remains of land dinosaurs in South America and ...
Asia
Africa
Antarctica
4
IF earth material broke through at point B what would be created?
volcano
tornado/whirlpool
fossils
5
Which is an example of conduction?
a metal spoon getting hot in a cup of tea
Volcano erupting
sun heating up a greenhouse
6
What did the theory of continental drift state?
continents move slowly across the ocean
continents move slowly up and down
continents were together and slowly moved apart
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Remains of a plant are found on this ice covered continent on the bottom of the earth
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
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Why did other scientists reject his theory before he died?
He couldn't prove what force moved a continent
He was not a seismologist
Germany was in WWI
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Who came up with the theory about contents in 1910?
Alton Wilton
Alfred Wegener
Allen Weinberger
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What causes the convection cell to turn up at point A?
it begins to cool and sink
it becomes heated and less dense
it becomes heated and denser
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What force causes convection cells to turn down at point C?
heat
air pressure
gravity
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What was the name of his book?
Sailing by on a Weather Balloon
Origins of Continents and Oceans
How to Catch a Continent
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A scientist who studies the weather is ...
meteorologist
seismologist
geologist
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What layer of the earth do we live on?
mantle
inner core
outer core
crust
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Why is convection called a loop or cycle?
it is ongoing due to the constant heating and cooling
the surface of earth heats and cools from the sun
the earth is a sphere (round)
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Where is the temperature greater? (hotter)
D
A
B
C
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What are preserved remains in rocks called?
continents
magma
fossils
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What is this a diagram of?
convection in the mantle
movement of continents
seismic waves
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What did he call his theory?
Continental Drift
Origin of the continents
Plate Tectonics
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Where does heat come from to heat the mantle?
the core
continental drift
sunlight
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COntinental sheets of ice that scrape the land as they move
walrus skeletons
floating icebergs
glaciers
22
Sunglasses protect us from...
radiation
conduction
convection
23
He studied structures and patterns in tall landforms in NA & Eurasia...
Appalachian Mtns & Scottish Highlands
Volcanoes in Hawaii
Greenland/Iceland volcanoes
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When heat is transferred in CONVECTION hot and cold do what?
hot and cool sink
hot sinks, cold rises
hot rises, cold sinks
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What layer of earth is convection happening in?
crust
lithosphere
mantle
core
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What is the supercontinent called?
plate tectonics
continental drift
pangea
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Heat transfer by movement in a LIQUID...
convection
conduction
radiation
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Which layer has the most magma in it?
outer core
crust
mantle
inner core
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What earth material is being circulated by the arrows?
magma
water
air
