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Chapter 10 Section 2 Quiz
Test Description: The Changing Continents
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Madagascar has unique species of plants and animals because
A
it was part of both Africa and India.
B
continent movements separated populations of organisms.
C
tectonic plate movements melted the global ice sheets.
D
it became attached to Africa 165 million years ago.
2) What often forms when large terranes and continents collide?
A
cratons.
B
small coral islands.
C
small volcanic islands.
D
major mountain chains.
3) Modern Climates are a result of past movements of
A
tectonic plates.
B
heat in Earth's interior.
C
populations of organisms.
D
rain and snow.
4) Panthalassa was
A
a body of water cut into the eastern edge of Pangaea.
B
the large ocean that surrounded Pangaea.
C
one of the continents that formed from Pangaea.
D
the supercontinent that formed before Pangaea.
5) North America and Eurasia were formed when a rift separated the continent of
A
Pangaea.
B
Panthalassa.
C
Gondwanaland.
D
Laurasia.
6) Process by which large land masses form and break apart over time
A
rifting
B
Pangaea
C
supercontinent-cycle
D
terrane
7) a piece of lithosphere with magnetic properties different from those of its surrounding.
A
terrane
B
shield
C
craton
D
mountain
8) a supercontinent formed about 300 million years ago
A
Rodinia
B
Laurasia
C
Gondwanaland
D
Pangaea
9) Process by which a continent breaks apart
A
colliding
B
terrane
C
rifting
D
tearing
10) single large ocean covering Earth 300 million years ago
A
Rodinia
B
Tethys
C
Panthalassa
D
Pangaea
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