Int Sci Spring final exam practice

Approximately how many tectonic plates divide the world?

• A) 5

• B) 12

• C) 22

• D) 35

What layers make up the lithosphere?

• A) crust

• B) Outer core and inner core

• C) Mantle and outer core

• D) Mantle and crust

Where is the asthenosphere?

• A) Between the crust and lithosphere

• B) Between the lithosphere and the mantle

• C) Between the outer and inner core

• D) Between the mantle and outer core

Where would subduction most likely occur to form volcanoes?

• A) Continent-continent crust collision

• B) Continent-oceanic crust collision

• C) Oceanic-oceanic crust collision

What type of boundary has no creation or destruction of crust?

• A) divergent

• B) subduction

• C) convergent

• D) transform

What areas would most likely form volcanoes?

• A) Subduction zones

• B) Transform boundaries

• C) Continent-continent boundaries

• D) Divergent boundaries

What is the "driving force" of plate tectonics?

• A) Wind

• B) Convection currents

• C) Water

• D) Magma

Which of the following evidence DO NOT support the Theory of Continental Drift?

• Continents fit together like a puzzle piece.

• Similar fossils have been discovered in matching coastlines on different continents.

• Climatic evidence such as glaciers in areas that are now close to the equator.

• There are 3 plate boundaries: divergent, convergent, and transform.

Why was Alfred Wegener’s Continental Drift Theory Rejected?

• Wegener made up data and lost validity for the theory.

• Wegener did not use the scientific method correctly so his theory was rejected.

• Wegener's explanations of how the movement of the plates is caused by the gravitational forces from the sun and moon was not widely accepted.

• Wegener thought that the plates moved on water, therefore, his theory was rejected.

What is Pangaea?

• A single landmass that was present 200 million years ago.

• A single ocean that was present 200 million years ago.

• A single mountain that was present 200 million years ago.

• A single group of ancient humans that was present 200 million years ago.