Earth/Space: Unit 4 Modules 1 & 2 Quiz Review

The principle of superposition states that, in an undisturbed sequence, the oldest rocks are at the bottom of the sequence and successive layers are younger than those below them.

• True

• False

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Wind and rain can break down exposed rock.

• True

• False

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The remains of living plants or animals is called fossils.

• True

• False

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Wegener believed that the continents were assembled as part of a supercontinent about 250 million years ago.

• True

• False

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Rock layers are correlated if they both contain the same ____.

• elements

• shapes

• fossils

• pore spaces

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The oldest rock layer in an undisturbed rock sequence occurs ____.

• at the bottom of the sequence

• below the sedimentary rock layer

• below the unconformity

• at the top of the sequence

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Matching ____ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.

• river systems

• rock structures

• weather patterns

• wind systems

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Mechanical weathering ______.

• breaks apart rocks by physical processes

• occurs when chemical reactions dissolve or change the minerals in rocks

• occurs when iron is exposed to oxygen and water

• none of these

The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located ____.

• near continents

• near mid-ocean ridges

• far from mid-ocean ridges

• near Asia

The driving forces of tectonic plates are related to convection currents in Earth’s ____.

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

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