Earth and Beyond Review

Multiple Choice

Which of these are not the layer of the Earth?

• Crust
• Atmosphere
• Mantle
• Core

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The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.

• mantle
• crust
• core

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This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel

• Outer Core
• Mantle
• Inner Core
• Crust

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The theory of continental drift named a key part of this idea Pangaea. What is Pangaea?

• One of the ancient animals that helped Wegener prove that fossils from different continents originally came from the same location
•  supercontinent that existed in Earth's distant past
• The underwater ocean range in the middle of the ocean
• The hot spot which gave rise to the Hawaiian Islands, among others

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According to the continental drift hypothesis, the presence of similar fossils in South America and Africa supports which scientific idea?

• Animals easily and frequently travel from Africa to South America.

• Species of animals probably traveled between continents on natural rafts (such as trees destroyed in tsunamis).

• Land bridges once existed that connected the continents.

• South America and Africa were once connected together.

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Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

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Benefits about knowing information regarding continental drift include

• We can visit Pangaea.

• mapped oceanic ridges

• mapped earthquake sites

• mapped astrological star patterns

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What drives tectonic plate movement? 

• gravity
• coriolis effect
• convection currents
• the earth's magnetic core

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Earthquakes are most common around plate boundaries.

• True

• False

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What kind of diagram would show how three of the Earth's plates fit together?

• They would be next to each other and have a space between them.

• They would be next to each other and have no space between them.

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Name this boundary

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform
• Sergent

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Name the boundary

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• sergent

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Name the boundary

• convergent
• transform
• divergent
• sergent

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Which of the following is NOT a tectonic boundary?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Sedergent
• Transform

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Which of the following is associated with transform boundary?

• volcanoes
• mountains
• trenches
• earthquakes and fault line

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Which of the following land formation occurs at a convergent boundary?

• mid-ocean ridge
• deep ocean trench

• Pacific hot spot
• rift valley

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Created by a divergent boundary

• rocky mountain
• Mariana's Trench
• mid-Atlantic ridge
• volano

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This area contains over 70 percent of volcanoes and 90 percent of earthquakes in the world.

• North American plate
• Ring of Fire
• Fiery rings
• African plate

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Look at the drawing shown.  What likely happens when two continental plates collide?

• An ocean trench forms.
• Earthquakes occur.
• Sea-floor spreading occurs
• Folded mountains form.

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What is an example of a fold mountain?

• The Himalayas

• Kilimanjaro

• Mt. St. Helens

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Folded mountains form when two continental plates come together. Which plate boundary means coming together?

• Divergent

• Transform

• Convergent

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Which of the following terms best describes a volcano that is dead and unlikely to erupt again? 

• Dormant volcano
• Extinct volcano
• Shield volcano
• Caldera

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Which of the following terms are used to describe a volcano that may erupt at any time? 

• Dormant volcano
• Active volcano
• Extinct volcano
• Shield volcano

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Which of the following terms are used to describe a volcano that is has not recently erupted, but may in the future? (aka sleeping volcano)

• Composite volcano
• Active volcano
• Extinct volcano
• Dormant volcano

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What is the difference between magma and lava? 

• Where it is found (above or below the surface)
• How hot the molten rock is (lava is hotter than magma)
•  The type of boundary where it forms
• The viscosity of the molten rock (lava has a lower viscosity)

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Name the type of boundary found at location A 

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike-slip

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How do volcanoes form at
location A? 

• A is the point where a mid ocean ridge would form.  Volcanoes would form here because tension is pulling the plates part allowing the magma to rise to the surface.
• Volcanoes form at A because the two plates collide into each other creating a subduction zone.
• Volcanoes form at A due to a hot spot being located there.

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For a solar eclipse to occur, what has to happen?

• The sun must be directly between Earth and the moon.
• The moon must be directly between Earth and the Sun.

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Solar eclipses occur during which Moon phase?

• New Moon
• Waning Crescent
• Waxing Crescent
• Waning Gibbous

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What happens during a total solar eclipse?

• The Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon

• The Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun

• The Sun passes between the Earth and the Moon

• The Moon passes between the Sun and Mars

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What becomes visible during a total solar eclipse that is normally not seen?

• The Sun's inner core

• The Moon's surface

• The Sun's outer atmosphere (corona)

• Earth's shadow on the Moon

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What is the order in a LUNAR Eclipse

• Sun Moon Earth

• Sun Earth Moon

• Earth Sun Moon

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In what phase does a Lunar Eclipse occur

• Full Moon

• Last Quarter

• Waxing Gibbous

• New Moon

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What is shown in the diagram?

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

• New Moon

• Nebula

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What is being shown in the diagram?

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

• Full Moon

• Supernova