WorksheetsGOL 111 Ch. 1 & 2 Review Quizizz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
_______, the son of Erik the Red, voyaged across the North Atlantic Ocean and settled in an area that he called Vinland (this is now Newfoundland, Canada). He was the first European to set foot on North America, approximately 500 years before Christopher Columbus.
Ferdinand Magellan
Leif Eriksson
Christopher Columbus
Eratosthenes
Thor Heyerdahl
(a) fairly accurately calculated Earth's circumference.
The (a) Ocean is the smallest and (b) ocean.
Stick charts contain information:
about dominant wave directions and island positions
gathered on voyages in the Indian Ocean
about trade by the Chinese on trade routes
written in chart form by Vikings about Greenland
Ferdinand Magellan, with 5 ships and 250 sailors, is credited with _________ the globe from 1519-1522. He died during the journey, but one of his ships made it home.
Flying
What do geological oceanographers call the world ocean at the time of supercontinent Pangea?
Panthalassa
Tethys Sea
The Seven Seas
Gondwana
Basalt
Saltwater is (a) % of all the water on Earth.
Examine the words below and determine the relationships among them. Choose the one word that does not fit.
Continental crust
Oceanic crust
Granite
Basalt
Mesosphere
The core is composed mostly of which two elements?
Which layer of the Earth's interior is responsible for the presence of Earth's magnetic field?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
The seafloor magnetic stripes pattern is best described as ________.
not related to the location of mid-ocean ridges
parallel and symmetrical at mid-ocean ridges
perpendicular and symmetrical at mid-ocean ridges
perpendicular but not symmetrical at mid-ocean ridges
Organize the characteristics for oceanic crust and continental crust:
Basalt
Granite
Older
Younger
Thicker
Thinner
Denser
Less dense
Fossils of high-latitude plants are found near the equator today because the ________.
entire Earth had tropical conditions at the time the plants were living
plants grew near the poles, but continents have drifted to current locations
plants probably were tolerant of both tropical and polar conditions
plants were distributed to current locations by ancient glacial ice sheets
poles were at the equator at times in the geologic past
Look at the graph showing counts/minute and the decay of an unspecified radioactive isotope.
What is the half-life of this radioactive isotope?
2 seconds
2 days
10 years
11,460 days
17,190 years
Who was the German meteorologist who came up with the hypothesis of continental drift?
Albert Einstein
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Isaac Newton
Thor Heyerdahl
What type of plate boundary is this?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Organize the following physical (also called structural) layers of the Earth's interior from the surface (1) to the deepest (5).
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mesosphere
Outer Core
Inner Core
When two tectonic plates are moving away from each other, the boundary between them is called a
Divergent plate boundary
Convergent plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
Subduction zone
Magnetic anomalies
Where oceanic crust subducts underneath continental crust, a deep area of the seafloor forms. What is the name of that seafloor feature?
trench
mid-ocean ridge
spreading center
volcanic island arc
rift valley
Of the following features, what would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary with two oceanic crusts colliding?
Atoll
Rift Valley
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Volcanic Island Arc
Transform Fault
The Himalayan Mountains (which include Mt. Everest) can be found at this type of plate boundary.
Convergent
(oceanic-continental collision)
Convergent (oceanic-oceanic collision)
Convergent (continental-continental collision)
Extinct underwater volcanoes that are flat-topped, likely due to wave erosion or current flow are called ________.
abyssal hills
seamounts
guyots or tablemounts
hotspots
mantle plumes
Which of the following was NOT used by Wegener as evidence for continental drift? (a)
What stage and type of coral reef is shown in the image?
Stage 1: Fringing Reef
Stage 2: Barrier Reef
Stage 3: Atoll
This image shows Stage 3 of coral reef development around a submerged and extinct volcano.
What is the name of this type of coral reef?
Fringing
Barrier
Patch
Atoll
Lagoon
