DIAGNOSTIC TEST-SCIENCE10

The theory that explains the different processes that occur to cause the formation of various geologic features and phenomena is ____________.

• Big bang Theory

• Continental Drift Theory

• Plate Tectonic Theory

• Theory of Evolution

What do you call the outermost layer of Earth that is composed of the upper part of the mantle and the crust?

• Lithosphere

• Core

• Mantle

• Crust

Continental crust is thicker and less dense than Oceanic crust. This statement is ______.

• True

• False

How does the strength of an earthquake range?

• Shallow

• Destructive

• Shallow to Destructive

•   Destructive to Shallow

As time passes by, the magma builds a series of volcanoes known as ______.

• Volcano land

• Volcano arc

• Volcano side

• Volcano tile

What do you call the idea of Mesozoic supercontinent that is consisted all present continents?

• Eurasia

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Gondwanaland

  Why was Wegener’s theory forgotten?

•   He could not explain how the continents could move.

•   He did not publish his theory.

•   It was not a good theory.

• He did not have enough money.

    How do the plates move at a transform boundary?

• They move toward each other.

• They move past each other.

• They move away from each other.

• They do not move.

The theory of plate tectonics that combines two other theories is?

•   seafloor spreading and continental drift

•   continental drift and fossil theory

•   seafloor spreading and tidal theory

•     continental drift and bigbang theory

     The evidence that rocks closer to mid-ocean ridges are younger than rocks farther away supports the theory of:

• seafloor spreading

• subduction

• plate tectonics

• Big Bang Theory