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Earth Science Objective 4b.
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Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by
a) conduction.
b) earthquakes.
c) convection currents in the mantle.
d) Earth’s magnetic field.
What is Pangaea?
a) the name of a German scientist
b) the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
c) another name for continental drift
d) the name of an ancient fossil
In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts
a) along the edges of all the continents.
b) along mid-ocean ridges.
c) in deep-ocean trenches.
d) at the north and south poles.
According to Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift,
a) Earth’s surface is made up of seven major landmasses.
b) the continents do not move.
c) Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking.
d) the continents were once joined together in a single landmass.
Earth’s inner core is
a) a dense ball of solid metal.
b) a layer of molten metal.
c) a layer of hot rock.
d) a layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer skin.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?
a) crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
b) mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
c) crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d) outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the theory of
a) subduction.
b) plate tectonics.
c) deep-ocean trenches.
d) sea-floor spreading.
A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a
a) transform boundary.
b) divergent boundary.
c) convergent boundary.
d) rift valley.
The place where two plates come together is known as a
a) transform boundary.
b) divergent boundary.
c) convergent boundary.
d) rift valley.
Active volcanoes are most likely to form at ____.
a) transform boundaries
b) divergent boundaries
c) the center of continents
d) convergent oceanic–continental boundaries
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