Week 2 - Planet Earth Studies Weekly 6th Gr

What is a Strait?

• A narrow strip of land surrounded by large bodies of water

• An island in the Pacific formed by volcanoes

• A narrow section of water connecting 2 larger bodies of water

• A narrow piece of land that does not touch any bodies of water

Why did NASA land equipment on Mars?

• To establish a colony

• To set up satellites & special equipment

• To learn more about its effect on Earth

• To search for signs of life

Which of the following is NOT evidence for the Continental Drift Theory?

• Cro-Magnon man fossil evidence

• Similar fossils on different continents

• Photographs of the ocean floor

• Fossilized tropical plants in Antarctica

According to the map, what time is it in Alaska?

• 3 AM

• 6 AM

• 2 PM

• 5 PM

Which continent has the greatest variety of time zones?

• Asia

• Australia

• Africa

• Americas

What did Amerigo Vespucci’s journey to America prove?

• There wasn’t a direct route to America from Europe.

• Martin Waldseemuller wasn’t the first to reach America.

• Christoper Columbus had not reached Asia.

• It was difficult to make maps of the new land.

What is the result of the plate collisions?

• Volcanic reactions, earthquakes, & orogenic uplifts

• Volcanic eruptions & solar eclipses

• Mountain formations & atomic clock disruption

• Pangaea & continental ddrift

What 2 plates have shaped the topography of Southeast Asia?

• The European & African plates

• The Indian & Eurasian plates

• The Eurasian & African plates

• The American & Indian plates

What are 2 facts scientists agree on concerning the continents?

• They are all about 25 miles thick & they are slowly moving about 1-3 inches per year.

• They are all about 125 miles thick & they are slowly & constantly moving about 11-13 inches per year.

Name 2 people who went to the highest point on Earth & 1 who went the deepest.

• Ms. Miller & Ms. Conrad went the highest. Mrs. Huguley went the deepest.

• Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay went the highest & James Cameron went the deepest.

• Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay went the highest & no one went the deepest.