Geology Unit 5: Chapter 1: Earth's Changing Surface

Earthquake's are an example of what?

• eruptions

• natural catastrophes

• landslides

• problems

People in the Middle Ages viewed catastrophes as what?

• natural causes

• the big boom

• punishments from God

People who created accurate maps of entire world are called?

• mapmakers

• map designers

• map traders

• map men

Several continents looked as if they might fit together like a ?

• hand in hand

• button

• jigsaw puzzle

Preserved remains of things that lived long ago are called?

• evidence

• forces

• sediments

• fossils

Tiny pieces of rocks that are gradually broken down into tiny pieces are called?

• sediments

• evidence

• observation

• forces

Changes to the Earth happen how?

• quickly

• slowly

• a normal rate

The study of the makeup of the Earth and the forces and processes that shape and change it are called?

• ecology

• archology

• geography

• geology

What is one way scientist proven the land use to be one large land mass?

• Sugar remains were found on two separate parts of the land.

• Coal and salt were similar along two coast.

• Dinosaurs left tracks in two areas.

Alfred Wegener presented his hypothesis about the Earth and it was?

• A big boom had caused the land mass to separate.

• He said a continental drift had cause the land mass to separate.

• He believed the climate had changed things.