Unit 3 Quiz for Grade 7 Science

Wegener's idea that continents are slowly moving over Earth's surface is called?

• divergence

• faults

• plates

• continental drift

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

• landform

• continent

• fossil

• landmass

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What is Pangaea?

• the name of a German scientist
• the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago
• another name for continental drift
• the name of an ancient fossil

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What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and basin
• lower and upper
• thick and thin

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______

• convection

• cavitation

• radiation

• conduction

When pressure builds between two tectonic plates, it can suddenly shift causing a (an) ______________________

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Convection Current

• Gravitational Pull

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What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

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What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as _______

• convection.

• continental drift.

• subduction.

• conduction.

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