CPES - 3 - The Dynamic Earth

The prefix BIO means ____.

• water

• life

• Earth

• air

Most of the water of our planet is in rivers.

• True

• False

One way that to slow down the erosion process is to ____.

• recycle plastics

• stop polluting

• plant trees

• live in cities

The ancient supercontinent formed 28 million years ago that later broke into our 7 continents is ____.

• Pangaea

• Eurasia

• Asthenosphere

• Lystrosaurus

All weather occurs in the ____.

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere

• Ozone layer

• Mesosphere

All of Earth’s water, ice, and water vapor combined is the ____.

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

Older mountain ranges have sharper peaks and cliffs.

• True

• False

Most earthquakes happen ____

• near plate boundaries

• at night

• near lakes or rivers

• in the middle of large continents

• in the morning hours

The coldest layer of the atmosphere is the ____.

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

The theory of continental drift was developed by ____.

• Thomas Edison

• Alfred Wegener

• Albert Einstein

• Hans Tectonic