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Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 16mins
Natural processes that happen on Earth are called ____ processes.
slow
historic
landmark
Geoscience
Which term matches the definition below? "events that occur over a short period of time and/or affect a relatively small area?
small scale geoscience processes
large scale geoscience processes
gradual geoscience processes with sudden catastrophic events
A landslide is an example of ___________.
a small scale processes
a large scale process
a gradual process with sudden catastrophic event
Who came up with the theory of continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
Albert Einstein
What is the name of the super continent that occured 225 million years ago?
Pangaea
Wegener
Plate tectonics
continental crust
Which boundary is most likely to build mountains?
convergent
divergent
transform
What type of boundary is also called a sliding boundary?
convergent
divergent
transform
Where is a rift valley formed?
Diverging continental crust
Converging continental crust
Converging continental and oceanic crust
Transform boundary
all continents were once connected in a single landmass that broke apart about 200 million years ago and drifted slowly to their current positions
continental drift
seafloor spreading
converge
Pangaea
Hess' theory that new seafloor is formed when magma is forced upward toward the surface at mid-ocean ridge
seafloor spreading
continental drift
diverge
Pangaea
Which is the remains, traces, or imprint of an ancient living thing preserved in rock?
glacier
Pangaea
fossil
Ice Age
Why was the Mesosaurus (Alligator looking dinosaurs) found on different continents?
They are good swimmers
Mesosaurus live in warm places
Africa and south america were once connected
They were already on their own continents from the beginning
