Earth Science - Unit 2 Review

Who suggested the Continental Drift theory?

• Aldrin Weiner
• Alfred Wegener
• George Williams
• IDK 😭

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In the early 20th century, Wegener published a paper explaining his theory that the continental land masses were _______.

• Gliding
• Sliding
• Drifting
• They're not moving

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What do you call the evidence of Wegener's Theory that tells about the remains of an organism that lived long time ago?

• Ashes

• Bones

• Follicles

• Fossils

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Which of these best explains how tectonic-plate movement causes the formation of mountain ranges?

• Convection currents in the mantle force two plates to collide.
• Sediment builds upward due to crushing forces of subducting plates.
• The plates separate, allowing the asthenosphere to push through and later cool.
• Pressure from colliding plates melts rock that later cools to form larger boulders. 

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Which event most likely takes place as the result of crustal movement along transform boundaries?

• earthquakes
• volcanic activity
• mountain building 
• trenches

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Which of the following has the greatest direct influence on movement of the lithosphere?

• the Sun
• the Moon
• Earth’s core
• Earth’s mantle

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Which type of plate boundary would cause folded mountains to form? 

• transform
• convergent
• divergent
• subduction

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The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were both created by this type of plate boundary. 

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subduction

The inner core of Earth is solid because of the 

• rate of rotation
• extreme temperature
• amount of pressure
• magnetic field 

Due to extreme pressure, the inner core of Earth is

• solid.
• liquid.
• gas.
• plasma.