Earth Science 6 Unit 4 quiz lessons 1-9

Which part of the mantle is still a solid but flows like a thick, heavy liquid. HINT remember what happens as you move through the Earth's Layers! 

• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Core
• Crust

Seismic waves travel at different speeds according to type. What is the speed of seismic waves from slowest to fastest?

• L waves, S waves, P waves
• P waves, S waves, L waves
• S waves, P waves, L waves

What is the name of where an earthquake starts? 

• Focus
• epicenter
• core

Which is NOT evidence that Wegener used to help prove his continental drift theory? 

• Glaciers in South America
• Similar fossils found on different continents 
• Mountain Ranges lining up across continents 
• Climate has been the same on each continent  ALWAYS 

True or False: The name that Wegener gave to the super continent was Pangaea. 

• True
• False

Where are the youngest rocks in the Earth's crust found?

• at the center of the mid ocean ridge
• near the boundary between ocean crust and continental crust 
• along the continental slope

What type of boundary is occurring in this picture

• Converegent

• Divergent

• Transform

What type of boundary is occurring in the picture

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

What type of boundary is occurring in the picture?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than continental crust.

• True

• False