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Continental Drift, Sea-Floor Spreading, Plate Tectonics
Test Description: Continental Drift, Sea-Floor Spreading, Plate Tectonics
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?
A
J. Tuzo Wilson
B
Alfred Wegener
C
Charles Darwin
D
Harry Hess
2) Scientists rejected Wegener’s theory because he could not
A
Explain what forces pushes or pulls continents
B
His mom didn’t believe in him so why should other people
C
. Describe the climate of Pangaea
D
Explain how the Earth was formed
3) . Scientists who study the forces that make and shape the planet Earth are called
A
Geologists
B
Physicist
C
Biologist
D
Chemist
4) Heating cooling of a fluid, changes in its density, gravitational pull set in motion
A
Conduction
B
Radiation
C
Convection Currents
D
Pangea
5) Scientists learn about the Earth’s interior by studying rocks. This is an example of what type of observation?
A
Direct Observation
B
Indirect Observation
6) If one were to travel from the center of the Earth towards the crust, the temperature would
A
Increase
B
Stay the same
C
Decrease
7) If one were to travel from the center of the Earth towards the crust the pressure would
A
Increase
B
Stay the same
C
Decrease
8) Earth's mantle is
A
A layer of molten metal
B
A layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
C
A dense ball of solid metal
D
A layer of hot rock
9) Uppermost part of mantle the crust together form a rigid layer called the
A
Mesosphere
B
Hydrosphere
C
Asthenosphere
D
Lithosphere
10) Earth’s lithosphere is broken into separate sections called
A
Rifts
B
Trenches
C
Faults
D
Plates
11) The Earth’s inner core is
A
A layer that forms Earth’s outer skin
B
A layer of molten metal
C
A dense ball of solid metal
D
A layer of hot rock
12) Which layer of the Earth is immediately below the atmosphere?
A
Mantle
B
Exosphere
C
Core
D
Crust
13) The theory of sea-floor spreading was introduced by Harry Hess
A
False
B
True
14) Antarctica is the supercontinent that split apart about 225 million years ago.
A
False
B
True
15) Density is a measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance
A
False
B
True
16) Geologist study the speed path of seismic waves to understand Earth’s structure
A
True
B
False
17) The _______is the part of the mantle that can bend like plastic
A
Crust
B
Asthenosphere
C
Mesosphere
D
Lithosphere
18) Where two plates collide is called
A
Transform
B
Convergent
C
Divergent
19) Where two plates seperate from each other
A
Transform
B
Convergent
C
Divergent
20) Where plates slide past each other is called
A
Convergent
B
Divergent
C
Transform
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