7th Grade Chapter Test - Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics

Which of the following best describes the position of the layer of the earth known as the crust?

• Above the mantle, which is above the core
• Above the core, and below the mantle
• Between the inner core and the outer core
• Below all other layers, including the mantle and core

The lithosphere is subdivided into:

• tectonic plates
• continents
• islands
• poles

Which of the following is not a piece of Wegener's evidence?

• fossils
• glaciers
• rocks
• rivers

Which of the following is the thinnest layer of Earth?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Lithosphere

• Inner Core

Who is credited with proposing the hypothesis of Continental Drift?

• Harry Hess

• Galileo Galilei

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

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

• Supreme Continent
• Eurasia
• Plate tectonics
• Pangea

Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?

• Tectonic plates on the crust move.
• The mantle increases in size.
• Pressure in the crust increases.
• Pressure in the crust decreases.

Associated with transform boundaries.

• Volcanoes
• mountains
• trenches
• earthquakes

What was the name of the theory that Alfred Wegener proposed explaining why the continents moved?

• seafloor spreading

• continental drift

• land moving

• rifting

This layer of the Earth is found between the core and the crust.

• mantle
• outer core
• inner core
• crust