Grade Booster Quiz

The continuous movement of the continents.

• geoscience

• rain

• wind

• plate tectonics

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What is the name of the super continent that occured 225 million years ago?

• Pangaea

• Wegener

• Plate tectonics

• continental crust

Thin envelope of gases surrounding the Earth and contains the weather.

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

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Which branch of Earth science includes the study of the stars?

• astronomy

• oceanography

• meteorology

• geology

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Which of the following is not one of Earth's sphere's?

• Mesosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

What type of materials are found in the hydrosphere?

• Solids only

• Liquids & gases

• Solids, liquids, & gases

• Liquids only

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Who came up with the theory of continental drift?

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

• Albert Einstein

Which is the remains, traces, or imprint of an ancient living thing preserved in rock?

• glacier

• Pangaea

• fossil

• Ice Age

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Scientists determine what Earth’s interior looks like by using:

• Volcanoes
• Seismic Waves
• Continental Drift
• Convection Currents

The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.

• mantle
• crust
• core