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Environmental Science (Chapter 2)
Test Description: Chapter 2 test review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the difference between the outer and inner core?
A
The outer is solid and the inner is liquid
B
The outer is liquid and the inner is solid
C
None of the above
D
The outer is solid and the inner is liquid
2) What layer is the thinnest?
A
outer core
B
inner core
C
lower mantle
D
crust
3) _____________ is the solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle (crust upper mantle).
A
asthenosphere
B
inner core
C
outer core
D
lithosphere
4) Tectonic plates consist of which layer?
A
outer core
B
inner core
C
lithosphere
D
asthenosphere
5) The layer of plastic rock that underlies the tectonic plates is called _________________.
A
outer core
B
asthenosphere
C
inner core
D
lithosphere
6) The asthenosphere is located in which layer?
A
core
B
crust
C
upper mantle
D
lower mantle
7) The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations is called_____________.
A
Continental Drift Theory
B
Tectonic Plate Theory
C
Theory of Geologic Time
D
Big Bang Theory
8) A single landmass thought to have been the origin of all continents is called ____________________.
A
Northern Hemisphere
B
African Continent
C
Super Continent
D
Pangea
9) Which is not a piece of evidence that Wegener used to support his hypothesis.
A
Mountain ranges that fit together
B
Continents fit perfectly together
C
Similar glacial sediments found on different continents
D
Lack of fossil record
10) The process by which new oceanic lithosphere (seafloor) forms as magma rises to Earth’s surface and solidifies at a mid-ocean ridge is called ___________________________.
A
seafloor spreading
B
tectonic plates
C
mid-ocean ridge
D
continental drift
11) Long, undersea mountain chain is called ___________________
A
seamount
B
trench
C
mid-ocean ridge
D
abyssal plain
12) Which way are the plates moving at the mid–ocean ridge?
A
under each other
B
away from each other
C
towards each other
D
sliding past each other
13) What is being made at the mid–ocean ridge? _____________
A
trenches
B
oceanic crust
C
continental crust
D
fossils
14) The study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in oceanic crust is called _______________.
A
tectonic plates
B
seafloor spreading
C
paleomagnetism
D
continental drift
15) 16. What is the difference between normal polarity and reversed polarity?
A
normal polarity is when magnetic fields point north and reverse polarity is when magnetic fields point South
B
normal polarity is when magnetic fields point south and reverse polarity is when magnetic fields point North
C
none of the above
D
normal polarity is when magnetic fields point north and reverse polarity is when magnetic fields point West
16) The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape is called ___________________.
A
tectonic plate theory
B
theory of relativity
C
big bang theory
D
continental drift theory
17) When was plate tectonics accepted by the scientific community? _________
A
1950s and 1960s
B
1880s and 1890s
C
1930s and 1940s
D
1910s and 1920s
18) The movement of heated material due to differences in density that are caused by differences in temperatures is called ________________________
A
convection
B
vulcanization
C
osmosis
D
diffusion
19) Convection cells are located in which layer? _________________
A
crust
B
lithosphere
C
inner core
D
asthenosphere
20) Which of the following statements is true.
A
Hot liquid or air is less dense and rises.
B
Hot liquid or air is more dense and rises.
C
Hot liquid or air is more dense and stays the same.
D
Hot liquid or air is less dense and sinks.
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