Practice question - Physical Geography: Internal - Wed 20 Sep 20

You are a geologist studying the history of Earth. You are asked to identify the oldest geologic era. Which one would you choose?

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

• Precambrian

Area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean

• Pacific Ring of Fire

• Pacific Ring of Danger

• Pacific Zone of Disasters

• Pacific Plate Border

Largest and oldest landform region in Canada is:

• Appalachian Mountains

• Innuitian Mountains

• Canadian Shield

• Interior Plains

Which Canadian scientist helped with the Continental drift theory and explained plate tectonics

• Jim Carrey

• John Tuzo Wilson

• David Suzuki

• Jim Brennan

Formation of Himalayas or Rocky mountains can be attributed to this type of plate boundary.

• transform

• divergent

• convectional

• convergent

Pangaea means:

• All the land

• Giant continents

• Every tectonic plates

• Super continental drift

We are currently living in which geologic era

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

• Cenozoic

• Precambrian

Crust is made up of many plates, more than 30. There are ________ major plates

• 8

• 6

• 7

• 5

The oldest part of Canada created in the Precambrian era is the:

• Canadian Shield

• Western Cordillera

• Appalachians

• Hudson Bay Lowlands

Earth is ____ billion years old

• 6.6

• 5.6

• 4.6

• 3.6