Plate Tectonics Practice Test 1

Pangaea is a theory where all continents began as

• one big country

• one big continent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Fossils can also give evidence for a Pangaea theory

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A plate tectonic is a

• slab of rock

• slab of lava

• slob

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the name of layer Y?

• lithosphere

• mantle

• crust

• mesosphere

What is the name of layer Z?

• lithosphere

• mantle

• crust

• mesosphere

What is the name of layer W?

• asthenosphere

• mantle

• crust

• core

Which part of the diagram represents the area where heat and pressure are the least?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

What was the name Wegener gave to the large landmass where all the continents were joined together?

• Eurasia

• Pangaea

• Wegenerland

• All lands

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What new evidence was discovered by later scientists that helped support Wegener's idea of Continental Drift?

• mid-ocean ridges making new oceanic crust

• oceanic trenches getting deeper with age

• similar fossils being discovered on both sides of an oceanic trench

• continental crust breaking off and eroding

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which of the following are lines of evidence used by Alfred Wegener to support his idea of Continental Drift?

• fit of the continents and matching fossils across continents

• evidence of large land glaciers in places currently too warm for glaciers

• magnetic striping on the seafloor

• matching rock types and and matching mountain ranges across continents

• evidence of mantle convection as a mechanism for plate movement

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1