Quiz about Pre-Test /Plate Tectonics

Question 1

All of the continents were once a super landmass called _________.

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Pangaea

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Panjan

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Pawpai

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Pangi

Question 2

Alfred ________ discovered the Theory of Continental Drift.

Accepted Answer

Wegener

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wegen

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Wagner

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Walter

Question 3

Continental Drift explains_________.

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why and how continents move

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why the land is heavier than the oceans

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how the oceans were formed

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when earthquakes happen

Question 4

Fossil clues from __________continents help explain the Theory of Continental Drift

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different

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large

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small

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dry

Question 5

Topographical maps of the ocean floor show the ________ of the bottom of the ocean

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elevation

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size

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details

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fish

Question 6

Mountain ranges in the ocean are called mid-ocean ________

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ridges

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ranges

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rocks

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valleys

Question 7

Mid-ocean ridges are formed by a process called seafloor __________.

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spreading

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volcanoes

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rocks

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smoothing

Question 8

Seafloor Spreading creates new ______ crust

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oceanic

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soft

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continental

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hard

Question 9

An echo sounder is the equipment that produces ______ waves that bounce off the ocean floor.

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sound

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straight

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water

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curved

Question 10

These sound waves show the elevation of the ______ floor.

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ocean

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water

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rock

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kitchen

Question 11

Along the mid-ocean ridges, _______ erupts and cools forming new oceanic crust.

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lava

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earthquakes

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rocks

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water

Question 12

Older oceanic crust is pushed ________ away from the mid-ocean ridge.

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farther

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down and

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closer

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into and

Question 13

Tectonic Plates are ____ slabs of rock called the lithosphere.

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rigid

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high

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smooth

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soft

Question 14

Tectonic plates move from the heat and pressure built up in the mantle called convection ___________.

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currents

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circles

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rocks

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lines

Question 15

On a map of plate boundaries, the _______ would show the direction of plate movement

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arrows

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names

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circles

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pages

Question 16

When lava cools and crystallizes it forms _______, a type of rock

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basalt

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granite

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magma

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salt

Question 17

The Earth's plates fit closely together with each plate _______ all the plates that are next to it.

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touching

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containing

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cooling

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heating

Question 18

The layer directly below the Earth's plates is mostly slightly ______________rock.

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softened

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hardened

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layered

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hard

Question 19

Which of the following causes the inner core to remain solid?

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high pressure

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high temperature

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low temperature

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low pressure

Question 20

Which layer(s) of the Earth are responsible for the formation of its magnetic field?

Accepted Answer

Inner core and outer core

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Crust

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upper crust

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Mantle

Question 21

What will happen as two continental plate material presses together?

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The edges of both plates will be pushed upward as the plates continue to move toward each other.

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Both plates will stop moving.

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One plate will stop moving, and one plate will push upward as it continues to move toward the other plate.

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The edges of both plates will be pushed downward as the plates continue to move toward each other.

Pre-Test /Plate Tectonics

24 questions

All of the continents were once a super landmass called _________.

Alfred ________ discovered the Theory of Continental Drift.

Continental Drift explains_________.

Fossil clues from __________continents help explain the Theory of Continental Drift

Topographical maps of the ocean floor show the ________ of the bottom of the ocean

Mountain ranges in the ocean are called mid-ocean ________

Mid-ocean ridges are formed by a process called seafloor __________.

Seafloor Spreading creates new ______ crust

An echo sounder is the equipment that produces ______ waves that bounce off the ocean floor.

These sound waves show the elevation of the ______ floor.

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