Geological Quiz

This is the cracks of the lithosphere.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Plate

• Continent

Fossils can be found in multiple continents and it would not be possible for animals to cross the ocean on their own without evolution

• Fossil Correlation

• Rock Formation

• Paleoclimatic Evidence

• Topographic Evidence

Continents seemed to fit together and when we put them together, they will fit together

• Fossil Correlation

• Rock Formation

• Paleoclimatic Evidence

• Topographic Evidence

The mountain range in North America matches the Mountain range in Scandinavia

• Fossil Correlation

• Rock Formation

• Paleoclimatic Evidence

• Topographic Evidence

He is the person who mapped the seafloor using SONAR to know that seafloor is constantly moving.

• Harry Hess

• Abraham Ortelius

• Alfred Wegener

• J. Tuzo Wilson

The portion of the continental margin that transitions from the shore out towards to ocean

• Continental Slope

• Continental Rise

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Margin

The submerged border of a continent that slopes gradually to the ocean bottom.

• Continental Slope

• Continental Rise

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Margin

This is the longest portion of the Geological Time Scale

• Period

• Epoch

• Era

• Eon

This is the shortest portion of the Geological Time Scale

• Era

• Eon

• Ages

• Period

This is the age of the plants

• Pennsylvanian Period

• Devonian

• Permian

• Silurian