Geology Test Review

The surface of the Earth is called the:

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner COre

• Crust

Convection currents occur in the ________________.

• Plate Boundaries

• Inner Core

• Lithosphere

• Mantle

What are two different types of crust?

• Continental/Oceanic

• Lithosphere/Mesosphere

• Nazca/Eurasian

• Laurasia/Gondwana

Which type of crust is more dense?

• Antartic

• Oceanic

• Continental

• Mantle

Which part of the Earth is in liquid form?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

The outermost rigid layer of Earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle is called ________

• Lithosphere

• Inner Core

• Oceanic

• Mantle

Hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single Landmass then broke apart:

• Lithosphere Displacement

• Pangea

• Plate Movement

• Continental Drift

Scientist who came up with the hypothesis of Continental Drift was who?

• Alfred Hitchcock

• Alfred Wegener

• Alfred Nobel

• Alfred Marshall

Continents were once joined together in a single large landmass called what?

• Pangea

• Eurasia

• Gondwana

• Panthalassa

What color is the youngest oceanic crust?

• red

• green

• yellow

• blue