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Ch 11
Test Description: Plate Tectonics
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Starting from the center, the four major Earth layers are
A
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
B
outer core, inner core, mantle, crust
C
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
D
crust, outer core, outer core, mantle
2) The lithosphere is
A
upposr most solid portion of the mantle
B
upper most solid portion of the mantle and the crust
C
liquid layer that the crust floats on
D
another name for the crust
3) According to the rock cyle ____________ rocks form when accumulated organic and inorganic particles are pressed together
A
sedimentary
B
all the answers are correct
C
metamorphic
D
igneous
4) Archimedes Principle relates to the structure of the Earth because scientists theroize that the lithosphere floats on the asthenosphere
A
true
B
false
5) Isostatic equillibrium is the balance between the weight of the land and the weight of water that keeps the continents from sinking into the oceans
A
true
B
false
6) When isostatic equillibrium becomes disrupted, landmasses will restore the balance by
A
rising or falling along a fault
B
shifting the level of the ocean
C
create a volcano
7) The theory of continental drift says that
A
the continents have always been separate but may one day drift together to from a single continent
B
all the continenets were once one continent that broke up and drifted apart over hundreds of millions of years
8) Pangea is the theorized
A
single continent hundreds of millions of years ago
B
original southern continenet
C
original northern continenet
D
single sea hundreds of million of years ago
9) Panthalassa is the theorized
A
orignal southern sea
B
single continent hundreds of millions of years ago
C
single sea that surrounded pangea
D
orignal northern sea
10) Evidence Wegener used to suppport the theory of continental drift included
A
shape of continents, discovery of coal in Antarctica and distribution of fossils
B
similar cultures, discovery of coal in North America and distribution of fossils
C
shape of continents, nature abhors a vacuum and distribution of fossils
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