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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Section 2/3
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The transfer of energy through space is called....
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
Density
2.
A measure of how much mass there is in a fluid is called..
a)
Conduction
b)
Density
c)
Area
d)
Volume
3.
Heat transfer within a material or between materials that are touching is called...
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
Density
4.
The continents that drifted together to form a super continent called...
a)
Pitangua
b)
Pangaea
c)
Panguinna
d)
Pangeared
5.
What is any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock?
a)
Dinosaur
b)
Rock
c)
Fossil
d)
Sediments
6.
Heat transfer by the movement of currents within a fluid is called..
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
Density
7.
What is Wegener’s idea that continents moved slowly over Earth’s surface?
a)
Pangaea
b)
Continental Drift
c)
Radiation
d)
Super continent
8.
A measure of how much mass there is in a fluid is called?
a)
Density
b)
Volume
c)
Radiation
d)
Weight
9.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangea
10.
Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?
a)
Tectonic plates on the crust move.
b)
The mantle increases in size.
c)
Pressure in the crust increases.
d)
Pressure in the crust decreases.
11.
What is the order of the layers?
a)
inner core, lithosphere, mesosphere, outer core, asthenosphere
b)
asthenosphere, lithosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core
c)
lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core
d)
crust, core, mantle
12.
If you traveled from the center of Earth to the surface, the pressure would...
a)
increase
b)
decrease
c)
stay the same
d)
unsure
13.
Where does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle?
a)
The sun
b)
The crust
c)
the mantle
d)
the core
14.
Which of these layers is ALL solid iron and nickle?
a)
inner core
b)
outer core
c)
lithosphere
d)
mesosphere
15.
Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
lithosphere
16.
Which layer of the Earth is the thickest?
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
17.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
18.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
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