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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 liquid and the inner is solid
B
The outer is solid and the inner is liquid
C
The outer is solid and the inner is liquid
D
None of the above
2) What layer is the thinnest?
A
lower mantle
B
outer core
C
inner core
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
inner core
B
lithosphere
C
asthenosphere
D
outer core
4) Tectonic plates consist of which layer?
A
lithosphere
B
inner core
C
asthenosphere
D
outer core
5) The layer of plastic rock that underlies the tectonic plates is called _________________.
A
inner core
B
outer core
C
asthenosphere
D
lithosphere
6) The asthenosphere is located in which layer?
A
upper mantle
B
core
C
lower mantle
D
crust
7) The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations is called_____________.
A
Theory of Geologic Time
B
Tectonic Plate Theory
C
Continental Drift Theory
D
Big Bang Theory
8) A single landmass thought to have been the origin of all continents is called ____________________.
A
Northern Hemisphere
B
Super Continent
C
African 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
Similar glacial sediments found on different continents
C
Continents fit perfectly together
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
continental drift
D
mid-ocean ridge
11) Long, undersea mountain chain is called ___________________
A
abyssal plain
B
seamount
C
mid-ocean ridge
D
trench
12) Which way are the plates moving at the mid–ocean ridge?
A
under each other
B
towards each other
C
sliding past each other
D
away from each other
13) What is being made at the mid–ocean ridge? _____________
A
oceanic crust
B
fossils
C
trenches
D
continental crust
14) The study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in oceanic crust is called _______________.
A
paleomagnetism
B
seafloor spreading
C
tectonic plates
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
normal polarity is when magnetic fields point north and reverse polarity is when magnetic fields point West
D
none of the above
16) The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape is called ___________________.
A
continental drift theory
B
tectonic plate theory
C
theory of relativity
D
big bang theory
17) When was plate tectonics accepted by the scientific community? _________
A
1930s and 1940s
B
1910s and 1920s
C
1950s and 1960s
D
1880s and 1890s
18) The movement of heated material due to differences in density that are caused by differences in temperatures is called ________________________
A
osmosis
B
diffusion
C
vulcanization
D
convection
19) Convection cells are located in which layer? _________________
A
lithosphere
B
asthenosphere
C
inner core
D
crust
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 stays the same.
C
Hot liquid or air is less dense and sinks.
D
Hot liquid or air is more dense and rises.
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