Rock Cycle and Continental Drift

Mr. Rieser challenges his seventh grade class to explain how the process of weathering, erosion and deposition are essential to the rock cycle. Each group's response is shown above. Which group has the best response?

• Group 1

• Group 2

• Group 3

• Group 4

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A list of various events within the rock cycle are shown above. Which of the following sequence of numbers is in the correct order to describe how lava could change into metamorphic rock?

• 1, 2, 3, 4

• 2, 1, 4, 3

• 3, 1, 2, 4

• 4, 3, 1, 2

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Which of the following statements best describes the relationship among tectonic plate motion, the rock cycle and subsurface geologic events?

• At divergent plate boundaries, hot magma rises to the surface as plates push apart forming mid-ocean ridges made up of igneous rock.

• At divergent plate boundaries, two plates merge and hot magma rises to the surface creating new igneous crust.

• At convergent plate boundaries, lithospheric plates move away from each other producing volcanic activity with magma eruptions made up of igneous rock.

• At convergent plate boundaries, sedimentary rock sinks into the Earth's outer core and the intense pressure reorganizes matter resulting in large igneous rock.

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Which statement best describes the relationship between igneous and metamorphic rocks?

• Igneous rocks must go through the sedimentary process to change into metamorphic rocks.

• Igneous rocks are chemically changed into metamorphic rocks because of high temperature and pressure.

• Metamorphic rocks are formed from melting igneous rocks.

• Metamorphic rocks and igneous rocks do not follow a rock cycle.

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Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess

• Galileo

• Alfred Wegener

• Newton

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Choose a word or phrase in each set of parentheses to form the conclusion that is best supported by the maps. The scratches on the bedrock suggest that the ( landmasses / oceans ) ​ (a)   were once connected nearer to the South Pole, and the ice flowed from ( several different locations / a central location / low latitudes to higher latitudes ) ​ (b)   .

• landmasses

• a central location

• oceans

• several different locations

• low latitudes to higher latitudes

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In 1915, Wegener published this book, which contained his evidence for continental drift.

​ (a)  

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• The Origin of Continents and Oceans

• The Evolution of Earth's Crust

• The History of Plate Tectonics

• The Original Drifting Idea

• Oceans and Continents Collide

• Pangea and You

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The 3 pieces of evidence to support the Theory of Continental Drifts are changes in ​ (a)   , geographic features (such as mountains), and the types of living things and ​ (b)   in particular places.

• rocks

• fossils

• plants

• humans

• erosion

• climate

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Which scientists is credited with creating Continental Drift Theory?

• James Hutton

• Charles Lyell

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

What is the name of the large supercontinent that once existed?

• Gondwanaland

• Laurasia

• Eurasia

• Pangea