Chapter 1 Science quiz

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates are caused by what?

• Currents in the mantle

• Earthquakes

• Earths rotation

According to Werner’s hypothesis the continents where once what?

• Joined together

• Underwater

• Very dry

• Split in half

Old oceanic crust is more dense than more new oceanic crust because it is

• Cool

• Warm

• Extremely hot

• None of the above

What is Pangea?

• A supercontinent

• A small peace of land

• An underwater volcano

• The name of the devastating earthquake in Japan

In sea floor spreading, molten materials rise from the mantle and erupts where?

• Along mid ocean ridges

• In North America

• On any type of land

Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called a

• Fossil

• Rock

• Bone

• I don’t know

What technology did scientists use in the mid-1900’s to map the ocean floor?

• Computers

• Sonar

• Radios

• iPhones

A collision between 2 pieces of continental crust at a converging Boundary produces what?

• Mountain range

• River

• Transform boundaries

The geological theory that states that pieces of earths lithosphere are in constant slow motion is theory of what?

• Plate tectonics

• Plates

• Continental drift

A place where 2 plates slip together, moving in opposite directions, is known as a?

• Transform boundary

• Plates

• Rift valley

• None of the above