Unit 3 test

Waves that require a medium are called 

• mechanical waves
• transverse waves
• light waves
• gamma rays

What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave

• transverse wave

• sound wave

• mechanical wave

What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

Which wave is pictured?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

The highest point of a wave is called what?

• Trough

• energy

• Crest

• amplitude

The Theory of Continental Drift states that Pangaea broke apart and the continents "drifted" away from each other

• True
• False

A giant landmass that existed 200 million years ago

• Wegener
• Pangaea
• Archyopteryx
• Ammonite

Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to prove continental drift?

• The shape of the continents
• Similar fossils found on separate continents
• Tree fossils found in odd places
• All of the above

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

• Africa and North America
• South America and Europe
• South America and Africa
• Antartica and Africa