Earth Science Quiz

The supercontinent in the continental drift theory was called ____.

• Panthalassa

• Pangaea

• Mesosaurus

• Africa

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What hypothesis states that the continents were once joined to form a single supercontinent?

• plate tectonics

• seafloor spreading

• continental drift

• paleomagnetism

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The mid-ocean ridge occurs along a

• convergent boundary where new crust is formed

• transform boundary where crust is subducted

• divergent boundary where sea floor spreading takes place

• divergent boundary where subduction takes place

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary occurs where two plates move together, causing one plate to descend into the

mantle beneath the other plate?

• transform fault boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transitional boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A divergent boundary at two continental plates can result in a ____.

• rift valley

• volcanic island arc

• continental volcanic arc

• subduction zone

The most conclusive proof for continental drift was provided by

• the coastlines of continents on a map.

• evidence of sea-floor spreading

• identical fossils found on two separate continents

• changes in climatic patterns.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are typically located near what feature?

• a mid-ocean ridge

• a continental shelf

• an abyssal plain

• a subduction trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Over what surface do lithospheric plates move?

• lower mantle

• inner core

• outer core

• asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Oceanic crust is ______________ than continental

• less dense

• more dense

• less hot

• more hot

What do you expect to find at a mid-ocean ridge?

• relatively young rocks

• reverse fault

• thick accumulation of sediments

• very ancient rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3