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Worksheets14.1 Continental Drift
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
As you travel from the inner core to the crust, how would temperature, pressure and density of the material change?
a)
The would all increase
b)
The would all decrease.
c)
Nothing, the layers are made of the same material throughout
d)
Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase
2.
Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's
a)
Continental crust
b)
oceanic crust
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Lithosphere
3.
Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
a)
Similar mountain ranges found on the eastern side of South America and the western side of Africa.
b)
Identical fossils found on different continents.
c)
Tropical plant fossils found in S. America.
d)
Glacial erosion found in Australia and Africa.
4.
Wegener's evidence supports his theory of a super continent that he named?
a)
Ultima
b)
Pangaea
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Continental Drift
5.
Other scientists rejected Wegener's Continental Drift Theory because...
a)
He did not have evidence
b)
He couldn't explain how the continents moved
c)
He wasn't a scientist
d)
He was a bad communicator
6.
Large pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move around are called?
a)
Sections
b)
Plates
c)
Land Masses
d)
Faults
7.
Which scientist posed the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Drummond Matthews
c)
Fred Vine
d)
Alfred Wegener
8.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
9.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
10.
Which crust is thicker
a)
ocean
b)
continental
c)
bread
d)
pizza
11.
Which layer is solid?
a)
outer core
b)
inner core
12.
Which rock type is generally associated with continental crust?
a)
Limestone
b)
Basalt
c)
Granite
d)
Igneous
13.
Basalt is a dark, fine-grained rock that that is mostly associated with...
a)
Earth's core
b)
Continental crust
c)
Earth's mantle
d)
Oceanic crust
14.
Which layer does the lithosphere (the outer most layer plus the crust) float on top of?
a)
the crust
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
outer core
15.
How does the Mesosaurus fossil evidence support the theory of plate tectonics?
a)
The Mesosaurus fossil evidence does not support the continental drift theory. It proves it wrong.
b)
because it's unlikely that the Mesosaurus evolved separately on both continents.
c)
The mesosaurus was transported by humans to each separate part of Pangaea
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