Science Unit 18 Review - Our Dynamic Earth

What evidence did scientists use to find out that Earth's continents had shifted in this way?

• They looked at images from space.

• They found a map from ancient times.

• They looked at layers of fossils and rocks.

• They measured earthquakes over a long period of time.

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Identify patterns you observe on the map. Choose all correct answers.

• Mountains and volcanoes are located in similar places.

• Volcanoes are only located in ocean ridges.

• Volcanic activity occurs mostly in the middle of continents.

• Many mountain ranges are located at the edge of continents.

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What did scientists learn about the Earth by studying the location of mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes?

• How to prevent weathering and erosion.

• How to predict earthquakes.

• Where fossils are located.

• The location and movement of the large plates in the Earth's crust.

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Henry poured water over a pile of sand. Some of the sand washed away. This process is similar to which of the following?

• The forming of dunes or mounds in a desert.

• The eruption of a volcano.

• The erosion of the walls of a canyon.

• The uplifting of mountain ranges.

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Which of the following would most likely cause the slowest change to landforms on the Earth?

• Waves on a beach.

• A massive hurricane.

• A volcanic eruption.

• A large tornado.

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Which layer is most likely to contain the youngest fossil?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Which layer(s) contains the fossil of an organism that most likely came from a land habitat?

• A because it's a land animal.

• B because it's an aquatic animal.

• C because it's found in the ocean. .

• D because it's a plant found on land.

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Which one of these would not be likely to increase erosion?

• Growing more plants along a road.

• Removing trees and grass from a hillside.

• A glacier moving down a valley.

• A sudden heavy rainstorm.

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Volcanoes and earthquakes are both caused by:

• Erosion and weathering.

• More rocks created inside Earth.

• The movement of Earth’s plates.

• Water moving under the Earth’s surface.

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What is weathering?

• The breaking down of land, rocks and soil.

• The movement of land, rocks and soil from one place to another.

• Depositing the land, rock and soil in a location.