Quiz about Evolution of Landforms

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

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Harry Hess

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Galileo

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Newton

Question 2

when minerals replace the remains and they become rock; things like wood.

Accepted Answer

Petrified

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Mold

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Cast

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Index

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Trace Fossil

Question 3

when the shell remains and the contents dissolve

Accepted Answer

Mold

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Petrified

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Cast

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Index

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Trace Fossil

Question 4

when the mold becomes filled with minerals that are not a part of the original organism.

Accepted Answer

Cast

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Petrified

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Mold

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Index

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Trace Fossil

Question 5

fossilized mark that is formed in soft sediment by the movement or actions of an animal.

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Trace Fossil

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Petrified

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Mold

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Cast

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Index

Question 6

According to paleontologists, how old is the Earth?

Accepted Answer

4.6 Billion Years Old

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3.5 Billion Years Old

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543 Million Years Old

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57 Million Years Old

Question 7

looks at where the fossil is located to determine its age relative to other fossils.

Accepted Answer

Relative Dating

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Absolute Dating

Question 8

Uses radioactive elements near the fossils to determine the actual age of the fossils.

Accepted Answer

Absolute Dating

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Relative Dating

Question 9

Analyze the layers of undisturbed sedimentary rock. Which layer of sedimentary rock is oldest?

Accepted Answer

U

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Q

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R

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S

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T

Question 10

What are the three eons of the Hadean, Archean, and Proterozoic called together?

Accepted Answer

Precambrian Time

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Cambrian Time

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The Age of Reptiles

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The Oligocene

Question 11

What type of event usually marks the end of an Era

Accepted Answer

A Mass Extinction

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A Quinceanera

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An earthquake

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Evolution of a species

Question 12

TRUE or FALSE: The Precambrian Era consists of 90% of Earth's history.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 13

Which of the following took place during the Precambrian Era? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

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Formation of the Solar System

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The Moon Formed

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Microscopic and primitive, soft-bodied organisms developed

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No land life present

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Dinosaurs ruled the Earth

Question 14

Which of the following took place during the Paleozoic Era? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

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Mass extinction occurred at the end

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Life moved from the ocean to land

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Fish were the 1st animals with a backbone

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Reptiles, insects and ferns were common

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Man appeared

Question 15

Which of the following happened in the Mesozoic Era? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

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Mammals, birds and flowering plants appeared

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Dinosaurs ruled the Earth until a mass extinction

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Most of North America was covered by vast sea

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No land life present

Question 16

Which of the following happened in the Cenozoic Era? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

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More land was exposed as the ocean levels fell

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A series of Ice Ages occurred

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Mammals appeared

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The Moon formed

Question 17

What is a fossil?

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Preserved remains or traces of an organism

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A dead organism

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Sedimentary Rock

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Bone

Question 18

A solid, 3D copy of the shape of an organism is a ...

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Cast fossil

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Mold fossil

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Trace fossil

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Carbon film

Question 19

Fossils can show us which of the following

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All the answers

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Organism size

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Organism Speed

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Where something lived

Question 20

You are looking at a tree ring. What does the wide ring represent?

Accepted Answer

a rainy and warm climate

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a drought( little to no rain)

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snow

Question 21

You are looking at a tree ring. What does the thin ring tell you?

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that in this year there was a drought

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that in this year there was a lot of rain

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that in this year the tree grew 10 feet

Question 22

A cross-section of a tree shows 25 rings, all of which are about the same size. Except for the 15th and 22nd ring which are twice as thick as the other rings.

What does this finding tell you about the tree?

Accepted Answer

During these two years, the tree grew much more than the other years.

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During these two years, the tree lost all its leaves and branches.

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The two thick rings protected the tree from cold weather.

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The tree did not receive much rain during years 15 and 22.

Question 23

A cross section of a tree has 65 rings. All of the rings are about the same size except for rings 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26. These 5 rings are half the size of the other rings. What does this tell you about the climate during those years?

Accepted Answer

During these five years there was a drought(no rain)

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During these 5 years it was very wet and rainy.

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During these 5 years the tree grew more than at any other time.

Question 24

What information can we learn from ice cores?

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We can learn how the climate has changed.

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We can learn how the dinosaurs died

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We can learn about droughts

Question 25

Ice cores...

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show the layers of snow and ice that have built up over thousands of year

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show the layers of volcanic ash that has occurred throughout time

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show the layers of the oceans and their changes over time

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show the tree rings and their growth over time

Question 26

Which fossil is relatively the oldest?

Accepted Answer

Trilobite

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Ammonite

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Crinoid

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Gastropod

Question 27

Which of the following happened in first?

Accepted Answer

Deer

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Dog

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Human

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Bear

Question 28

Which of the following does the law of superposition tell scientists?

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Relative age

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Absolute age

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Exact age

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All of the answer choices

Question 29

The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?

Accepted Answer

The relative age of rock layers

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The absolute age of rock layers

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The age of fossils

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the super powers of rocks

Question 30

According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found

Accepted Answer

Near the bottom of the rock layers

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At the top of the rock layers

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In the middle of the rock layers

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Somewhat near the surface

Question 31

According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?

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A

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B

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C

Question 32

Faults are younger than the rocks they cut. True or False

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 33

States that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed

Accepted Answer

Law of superposition

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Law of crosscutting

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Relative Dating

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Unconformity

Question 34

A break in the geologic record that is made when rock layers are eroded over a long period of time

Accepted Answer

Unconformity

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Law of Superposition

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Law of Crosscutting

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Relative Dating

Question 35

Analyze the seashell found in the white layer.  Which statement is true of the rock layer that contains this fossil?

Accepted Answer

It is older than the layers above it.

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It could also contain a fossil from the bottom layer.

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It is older than the layers below it.

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It is younger than the layers above it.

Question 36

_{Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?}

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A

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F

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E

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B

Question 37

Which of the following is the oldest?

Accepted Answer

Layer E

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Layer L

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Intrusion D

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Intrusion H

Question 38

Can cause missing information in rock layers.

Accepted Answer

Unconformities

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Trace fossils

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Law of Superposition

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Ice cores

Question 39

When an organism is quickly buried and flattened by enormous pressure and only the carbon from the organism remains as a thin black film.

Accepted Answer

carbonized

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mold and cast

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trace

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tar pit fossil

Question 40

This preserves much of the organism, including the organs and genetic material. It occurs when an organism becomes trapped, dies and is quickly frozen.

Accepted Answer

frozen

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mold and cast

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permineralized

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trace

Question 41

Which describes this sedimentary rock?

Accepted Answer

intrusion

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Fault

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unconformity

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extrusion

Question 42

Which describes this rock formation?

Accepted Answer

unconformity

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faule

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intrusion

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extrusion

Question 43

Which describes this rock formation?

Accepted Answer

extrusion

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fault

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intrusion

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unconformity

Question 44

Which describes this rock formation?

Accepted Answer

fault

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intrusion

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unconformity

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extrusion

Question 45

Why do intrusions and extrusions of igneous rock not have any fossils in them?

Accepted Answer

The high temperature of the magma destroyed any remains of organisms.

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The rock is too hard.

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The rock is too young.

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Why not?

Question 46

The best index fossils have which two traits?

Accepted Answer

widespread geographically, short lifespan

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widespread geographically, long lifespan

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specific place, long lifespan

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specific place, short lifespan

Question 47

What boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

convergent

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divergent

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transform

Question 48

What boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

divergent

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convergent

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transform

Question 49

What boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

transform

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convergent

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divergent

Question 50

At what boundary does a earthquake occur?

Accepted Answer

transform

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convergent

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divergent

Question 51

Why do the plates move?

Accepted Answer

the continuous movement of hot magma in the mantle

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the earths rotation

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the core is hot

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the ground is moving while the earth is spinning

Question 52

Continental plates are made of (). Oceanic plates are made of ().

Accepted Answer

granite, basalt

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limestone, basalt

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granite, limestone

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amber, petrified

Question 53

Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?

Accepted Answer

Tectonic plates on the crust move.

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The mantle increases in size.

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Pressure in the crust increases.

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Pressure in the crust decreases.

Question 54

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

Accepted Answer

subduction zone

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submarine zone

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divergence zone

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lower zone

Question 55

Name the boundary

Accepted Answer

divergent boundary

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convergent boundary

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transform boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 56

Name the boundary

Accepted Answer

transform boundary

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convergent boundary

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divergent boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 57

Name the boundary

Accepted Answer

convergent boundary

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divergent boundary

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transform boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 58

What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?

Accepted Answer

Pangaea

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Supreme Continent

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Eurasia

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Plate tectonics

Question 59

The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.

Accepted Answer

Continental Drift

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Pangaea

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Supercontinent

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Terrestrial separation

Question 60

a principle that states that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes.

Accepted Answer

Uniformitarianism

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Unconformity

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Superposition

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Catastrophism

Evolution of Landforms

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