The OLDEST seafloor is located?

Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

What kinds of evidence were used to prove that the seafloor spread?

Pillow Lava, magnetic seafloor stripes, age of rocks, SONAR

Pillow lava, age of rocks, WWII shipwrecks

Age of rocks, magnetic seafloor stripes, WWII ship logs

Convection currents in the mantle cause plates to move.

The plates are floating on an ocean

How are ridges formed?

Two plates move away from one another.

Two plates collide with one another.

Two plates sink below Earth's surface.

Two plates slide beside each other.

Which of the following explains how mountains are formed?

Plates collide at convergent boundaries causing the crust to push upward.

Plates collide at divergent boundaries causing the crust to push upward.

Plates slide past each other at transform boundaries causing the crust to push upward.

Plates collide at convergent boundaries causing the mantle to push upward

Why does oceanic crust sub-duct under continental crust?

The oceanic crust is more dense.

The oceanic crust is less dense.

When the sea floor spreads apart, ridges are formed because....

as the plates pull apart, magma moves to the surface

sediments are deposited where the sea floor spreads

ocean water pushes down on the surrounding sea floor

underwater earthquakes lift the sea floor into long ridges

The THICKEST sea floor is located?

Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

What is an earthquake?

A sudden movement of the Earth's crust caused by a release of stress accumulated along geological faults or by volcanic activity.

a. energy that builds up inside a volcanic mountain

a. energy being released when erosion occurs

a. molten rock pushing up through Earth's surface.

Mount St. Helens is located near the boundary of the North American plate (continental) and the Juan de Fuca plate (oceanic). Which statement describes the plate movement for the formation of this volcano

The Juan de Fuca plate moves under the North American plate.

The Juan de Fuca plate moves away from the North American plate.

The North American plate slides past the Juan de Fuca plate

The North AMerican plate moves under the Juan de Fuca plate

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

continent-to-continent convergent

What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between a continental and oceanic plate?

Volcanic Mountains and trenches

If we were in a plane, Path B --> C is about the same distance as path E --> N. But, which path is the easier walk?

B --> C and E --> N are the same walking distance

What would be the most likely way this coastline would change over time?

The waves could erode the beach

A fire could destroy the vegetation

The beach would grow due to deposition

The beach will disappear due to plate tectonics

These images compare the same stretch of coastline. What is a possible reason for the change?

A major catastrophe such as a hurricane or tsunami destroyed the area

A fire destroyed the beach and surrounding area

Overtime, water eroded away much of the land

The beach and land went through a sever drought

A satellite image of an area in Florida shows a river with slight bends along its length. A second satellite image taken of the same area 10 years later shows the same river with a different course. What is the best explanation for the difference in the shape of the river's course between the two satellite images?

Water eroded the banks of the river and deposited the eroded soil on opposite banks, causing the river to form tighter bends

Wind blew waves across the water surface, eroding away the bank on one side of the river until the river's course changed its shape

Regular freezing and thawing of the river split the soil along the river banks, changing the shape of the river

Acid rain chemically weathered the banks along the river, forcing the river to wind back and forth

Earth Science Test Review

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Harry Hess

Galileo

Alfred Wegener

Newton

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is this a picture of?

plate tectonics

continental drift

pangea

glacier scaring

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the theory of continental drift state?

The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

Continents are stationary and do not move

The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

none of the above

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa. What are these evidence for?

Africa has always been near the equator

Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate

The continents have not moved

sea floor spreading

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

glacier scars and evidence from temperature

mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents

all of the above

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery?

He could not explain HOW the continents moved

He didn't have evidence

His data was wrong

He didn't use the right technology to gather data

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Wegener able to PROVE before his death?

The mid ocean ridge existed

convection currents cause plate movement

Greenland was moving away from Europe a tiny bit each year

Africa and South America were connected

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Earth Science Test Review

53 questions

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

What is this a picture of?

What does the theory of continental drift state?

This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa. What are these evidence for?

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery?

What was Wegener able to PROVE before his death?

The OLDEST seafloor is located?

What kinds of evidence were used to prove that the seafloor spread?

What technology was used during WWII to detect enemy submarines and produce the first map of the seafloor?

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