Mid-Year Study Guide

What process caused the breakup and relocation of land masses over time?

• Tectonic plate motion

• Strong ocean currents

• Volcanic Eruptions

• Weathering

What is the theory of plate tectonics?

• each of the continents on the Earth is on their own plate

• the surface of the Earth is made up on large plates that have moved over time

• the continents float on the ocean like plates

What was Wegener's evidence for continental drift theory?

• Seismology, fossil deposits, and the fact that South America and Africa fit together like puzzle pieces

• Fossil deposits, glacial deposits, and matching stratigraphy

• Fossil deposits, glacial deposits, and seismology

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Divergent

• Transform

• Convergent

Which diagram is NOT a convergent plate boundary?

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What are the physical layers of the Earth in order from outer layer to inner layer?

• Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core

• Asthenosphere, Lithosphere, Mesosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core

• Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

• Mantle, Crust, Inner Core, Outer Core

How do pressure and temperate change inside Earth as depth increases?

• Pressure and temperature increases

• Pressure decreases and temperature increases

• Pressure increases and temperature decreases

• Pressure and temperature decreases

If heat and pressure inside Earth cause the texture and crystal structure of a rock to change, what new material is formed?

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous rock

• Chemical rock

• Metamorphic rock

A rock that forms from many small fragments of other rocks is an...

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Chemical rock