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Unit 5 quiz/parker cromwell pd.3

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the supercontinent

a)

United World

b)

United states

c)

Pangea

d)

Techtonic plates

2.

How could we tell that the continents are drifting

a)

Fossils and mountain ranges

b)

people

c)

Tv

d)

Fossils and minerals

3.

What kind of boundary is primarily dominant in the Atlantic Ocean, where the seafloor is spreading?

a)

divergent boundaries

b)

sea floor spreading

c)

convergent boundaries

d)

congruent boundaries

4.

What is the process called that proves continents are moving

a)

Floating continental drift

b)

continental drift

c)

moving continents

d)

plate tectonics

5.

How did the limestone in this cave form

a)

Water flows through cracks in the surface rocks and creates the limestone over thousands of years.

b)

Water flows through cracks in the surface rocks and dissolves the limestone over thousands of years.

c)

Water flows through cracks in the surface rocks and parasites eat the limestone over thousands of years.

d)

Water flows through cracks in the surface rocks and parasites break the limestone over thousands of years.

6.

Approximately how long did it take for this mountain to look the way it does now?

a)

millions of years

b)

hundreds of years

c)

10 years

d)

100 billion years

7.

What might have caused this formation?

a)

chemical reaction

b)

frost wedging

c)

erison

d)

continental drift

8.

What process formed the Grand Canyon?

a)

the colorado river

b)

glaciers

c)

global warming

d)

the ocean

9.

What might be useful in predicting future volcanic eruptions?

a)

eathquakes

b)

glaciers

c)

ring of fire

d)

tornado

10.

Where are landslides most likely to occur?

a)

hilly coastal regions near the ocean

b)

flat coastal regions near the ocean

c)

flat coastal regions near the ocean

d)

hilly coastal regions near the mountains