Unit 8- Lessons 3 & 5 Quiz Review

About how many plates make up the Earth's crust?

• 1

• 10

• 100

• 1000

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When continental plates move toward each other, what landform is created?

• valleys

• mountains

• trenches

• oceans

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When continental plates move away from each other, what is formed?

• rift

• ocean

• mountain

• volcano

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What does a seismograph measure?

• the location of the fault

• the location of the epicenter

• the size of the earthquake

• total energy released

Name a landform that will form quickly at plate boundaries.

• rift valley

• island

• volcano

• delta

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What part of the plate is covered by water?

• continental shelf

• contiental drift

• continental crust

• oceanic crust

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Alfred Wegener believed that continents move slowly across earth's surface. What is his theory called?

• Pangea

• continental drift

• glacial till

• continental shelf

Check the evidence that proves Wegener's theory of continental drift.

• Similar fossils were found on opposite sides of the ocean.

• Living animals were on separate continents.

• Continents seem to fit together like pieces of a puzzle.

• Similar mountain ranges on separate continents.

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Wegener believed that all of Earth was in one large land mass. What was it called?

• Pangaea

• Glossopteris

• United States of America

• continental drift

What is the rigid, rocky layer of earth called?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust