WorksheetsContinental Drift and Heat Transfer
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
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Class
Date
1.
In this experiment, the WARM red dye and the COLD blue dye was placed in the water at the same time. The warm red dye rose to the top while the cold blue dye sank to the bottom.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
2.
The transfer of heat by currents through liquids of gases is called
a)
Perspiration
b)
Radiation
c)
Conduction
d)
Convection
3.
What is the definition of CONVECTION
a)
When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.
b)
When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
c)
a hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
d)
hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
4.
What is the transfer of heat by direct contact?
a)
Convection
b)
Electromagnetic waves
c)
Radiation
d)
Conduction
5.
Heat travels through empty space. (Hint: How a fire heats you)
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Heat Transfer
d)
Radiation
6.
Heat travels through water or air in a circular motion.
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Heat Transfer
d)
Radiation
7.
Heat travels through matter, like a handle of a pan on the stove.
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Heat Transfer
d)
Radiation
8.
Which one is NOT evidence of the Theory of Continental Drift.
a)
Fossils
b)
Crustal Features
c)
Puzzle Pieces
d)
Sea Floor Spreading
9.
Which one is the evidence of the Theory of Continental Drift.
a)
Fossils
b)
Crustal Features
c)
Puzzle Pieces
d)
All of the above
10.
What was the last piece of evidence that proved that the Continental Drift Theory was right and led to the THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS?
a)
Fossils
b)
Crustal Features
c)
Puzzle Pieces
d)
Sea Floor Spreading
11.
Who proposed the theory of Continental Drift?
a)
Alfred Wegener
b)
Leonardo Da Vinci
c)
Issac Newton
d)
Galileo
12.
What is this a picture of?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
pangea
d)
glacier scaring
13.
What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?
a)
Africa and North America
b)
South America and Europe
c)
South America and Africa
d)
Antartica and Africa
14.
How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?
a)
Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.
b)
Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.
c)
Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
d)
all of the above
15.
What is the force that moves the continents?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection Currents
c)
Radiation
d)
Conveyor belts
16.
The name of the scientist who proposed Pangea was
a)
Alfred Wegener
b)
Anthony Werner
c)
Avry Wise
d)
Arthur Woodford
17.
Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery?
a)
He could not explain HOW the continents moved
b)
He didn't have enough evidence
c)
His evidence was wrong
d)
He didn't use the right technology to gather data
18.
What is the name of the supercontinent that formed from about 200-100 million years ago?
a)
Pangaea
b)
Laurasia
19.
True or False: When liquid gets hot, it becomes less dense and rise.
a)
true
b)
false
20.
During convection currents, _____ dense material rises, and _______ dense material sinks.
a)
less, more
b)
more, less
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