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WorksheetsUnit 3 Quiz 1 - Layers, Cont Drift, SF Speading, Plate Tec
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
The lithosphere is made up of
crust and lower mantle
crust and upper mantle
flat stones sitting on magma
plates of crust
_____ crust is thinner and more dense than ___ crust.
continental; oceanic
oceanic; continental
lithospheric; asthenospheric
asthenospheric; lithospheric
Hess used the following evidence
Glacial scarring
Patterns of magnetism
Age of seafloor rock
Patterns of heat flow
Three of these
Hess is to ____ as _____ is to Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics; Wegener
Seafloor Spreading; Bill Nye
Seafloor Spreading: Wegener
Convection Currents; Wegener
The asthenosphere...
Is rigid and cannot flow
can flow
is part of the mantle
Made up of the crust and upper mantle
Two of these
Which of the following was NOT evidence used by Wegener?
Glacial scarring
Fossils
Shape of continents
Age of sediment
Rocks
Convection....
Occurs within the lithosphere
Occurs within the asthenosphere
Occurs on the crust
Occurs in the inner core
Continental Drift was proposed by ___ and explains ___.
Wegener; how the continents moved apart
Hess; how the continents moved apart
Wegener; the continental shapes and positions
Hess; the continental shapes and positions
This layer is solid and hot...
Layer 1
Layer 2
Layer 3
Layer 4
Layer 5
The lithosphere
Layer 1
Layer 2
Layer 3
Layer 4
Layer 5
Bottom portion of this is the asthenosphere
Layer 1
Layer 2
Layer 3
Layer 4
Layer 5
This layer is liquid and thicker than the layer beneath it
Layer 1
Layer 2
Layer 3
Layer 4
Layer 5
The thinnest layer
Layer 1
Layer 2
Layer 3
Layer 4
Layer 5
Asthenosphere found in this layer
Layer 1
Layer 2
Layer 3
Layer 4
Layer 5
Where the youngest, newest formed crust is closest to...
Mid Ocean Ridge
Deep Sea Trench
Abyssal Plain
Continental Shelf
Where subduction occurs
Mid Ocean Ridge
Deep Sea Trench
Rift Valley
Continental Crust
