Chapter 10 quiz

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

• Harry Hess
• Galileo
• Alfred Wegener
• Newton

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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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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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Which of the following land formation occurs at a divergent continental/continental boundary?

• mid-ocean ridge
• deep ocean trench
• Pacific hot spot
• rift valley

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Oceanic crust is.....

• Younger and less dense than continental crust
• Thinner, younger, and more dense than continental crust
• older, thicker, and less dense than continental crust
• Bigger and younger than continental crust

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Plate movement is caused by _____

• The rotation of the Earth
• Ocean tides
• Convection current in the mantle
• The moon's gravity

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This area contains over 70 percent of volcanoes and 90 percent of earthquakes in the world.

• North American plate
• Ring of Fire
• Fiery rings
• African plate

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Tectonic plates that are sliding past each other.

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• collusion

Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Hypocenter
• Tremor

Which type of wave is the first to arrive after an earthquake occurs?

• P Wave
• Rayleigh Wave
• S Wave
• Shear Wave