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Unit 8 Lesson 3-5 Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the large landmass that broke up into smaller continents?

a)

glacier till

b)

Glossopteris

c)

Pangaea

d)

glacier till

2.

Which of the following is evidence that Antartica was once warm?

a)

glacier till

b)

mountain ranges

c)

Mesosaurus fossils

d)

Glossopteris fossils

3.

What is the margin of the continent that is covered by water?

a)

Pangaea

b)

continental drift

c)

glacier till

d)

continental shelf

4.

What is the theory that continents slowly move across Earth's surface?

a)

glacier till

b)

continental drift

c)

fossil drift

d)

glacial drift

5.

Which of the following is NOT evidence for continental drift?

a)

living animals on separate continents

b)

that continents seem to fit together

c)

similar fossils on opposite sides of the ocean

d)

similar rock formations and mountain ranges on separate continents

6.

Earth's crust is made up of plates. that rest on the mantle. Which of the following is the best estimate of how many plates make up Earth's crust?

a)

10,000

b)

100

c)

10

d)

1,000

7.

Certain land features form where plates meet. Which land forms where two continental plates move toward each other?

a)

mountains

b)

glaciers

c)

trenches

d)

oceans

8.

Certain land features form at plate boundaries. Which land feature is likely to form most quickly?

a)

a rift valley

b)

a chain of islands

c)

a mountain range

d)

a volcano

9.

The point where an earthquake begins

a)

core

b)

focus

c)

epicenter

d)

crust

10.

The rigid, rocky layer of Earth

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

core

d)

epicenter

11.

Earth's solid metal layer

a)

outer core

b)

inner core

c)

crust

d)

mantle

12.

A break in the Earth's crust where rock can slide past other rock

a)

fault

b)

mantle

c)

crust

d)

epicenter

13.

Earth's innermost section, made of two layers

a)

mantle

b)

core

c)

crust

d)

earthquake

14.

The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus

a)

focus

b)

volcano

c)

epicenter

d)

plate tectonics

15.

Process where pieces of Earth's crust move

a)

earthquake

b)

plate tectonics

c)

focus

d)

mantle

16.

Earth's liquid metal layer

a)

outer core

b)

plate tectonics

c)

earthquake

d)

crust