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HM Unit 6 Pre-Quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent? 
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangea
2.
Which of the following did not support continental drift?
a)
magnetic striping on the ocean floor
b)
identical fossils on continents
c)
mountain ranges
d)
coastlines fit like a puzzle
3.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
4.

Which of the following is NOT evidence that Wegner used to support continental drift?

a)

Shape and fit of the continents

b)

Magnetic reversals

c)

Matching fossils

d)

Ancient climates

5.

Why was continental drift rejected?

a)

Lack of evidence

b)

Wegner was a meteorologist

c)

No reasonable explanation as to why the plates moved

6.

A plate boundary where the two plates are moving apart.

a)

convergent

b)

transform

c)

divergent

7.

A plate boundary where two plates are moving towards each other.

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

8.

Type of convergent boundary where two continents collide.

a)

oceanic to oceanic subduction

b)

oceanic to continental subuction

c)

continental to continental collision

9.

Heat from Earth's core is transferred the mantle by ______.

a)

convection

b)

slab-pull

c)

ridge-push

d)

hydrodynamics

10.

The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located ____.

a)

near continents

b)

at mid-ocean ridges

c)

far from mid-ocean ridges

d)

near Asia

11.

Process by which new ocean crust forms.

a)

Seafloor spreading

b)

Continental drift

c)

Mid-ocean ridge

d)

Rift

12.
The OLDEST seafloor is located? 
a)
Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
b)
Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge
13.
True or False : Sea-floor Spreading adds new material to the ocean floor?
a)
True
b)
False
14.

At a mid-ocean ridge, melted rock rises through cracks in the _________.

a)

ceiling

b)

river

c)

inner core

d)

sea floor

15.

As the melted rock cools and hardens,

it forms new ________.

a)

volcanoes

b)

hope

c)

core

d)

crust

16.

In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

a)

in deep-ocean trenches

b)

along the edges of all the continents

c)

along mid-ocean ridges

d)

at the north and south plate

17.

___________ is the process by which

new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms as magma rises to Earth’s surface and solidifies at a mid-ocean ridge.

a)

Continental drift

b)

Sea-floor spreading

c)

Plate tectonics

d)

Mid-ocean range

18.

Old oceanic crust is more dense than new oceanic crust because it is _______________.

a)

hot

b)

moving toward a deep-ocean trench

c)

cool

d)

closer to the mid-ocean ridge

19.

When two crusts diverge, it creates the area that is labeled M. What is that area called?

a)

deep ocean trench

b)

mid ocean ridge

c)

sea floor spreading

d)

subduction

20.

What is the process happening at R?

a)

Deep ocean trench

b)

mid ocean ridge

c)

subduction

d)

sea floor spreading

21.
Which letter is pointing to a trench?
a)
A
b)
D
c)
G
d)
B
22.

Which part of the ocean floor is this?

a)

Ridge Valley

b)

Trench

c)

Seamount

d)

Continental Slope

23.

What does ROV stand for?

a)

Remotely Operated Vehicle

b)

Remotely Operated Vice

c)

Removable Original Vehicle

24.

Why is there so little life at the bottom of the ocean?

a)

The pressure is too high for organisms to survive

b)

There is little food there

c)

The soil is poor quality

d)

It is too dark for organisms to find mates

25.

How do organisms get their energy in the deep sea around hydrothermal vents? (Name the process, organisms involved, and the name of the chemical compound)

a)

sun, bacteria, hydrogen sulfide

b)

chemosynthesis, mutualism, chlorine

c)

chemosynthesis, bacteria, hydrogen sulfide

d)

photosynthesis, bacteria, hydroxide

26.

In the upper zone of the Ocean is where the primary producers of the ocean lives here they use

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Chemosynthesis

27.

Process by which producers convert light energy from the sun into chemical energy in the form of glucose (Sugars)

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Chemosynthesis

c)

Chlorophyll Plastic

d)

Enzymic

28.

Light-capturing pigment found in the chloroplast.

a)

Chlorophyll

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Enzymes

d)

organelles

29.

Needed to catalyze (Increases the rate of reaction without undergoing chemical change) the reaction.

a)

Chlorophyll

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Enzymes

d)

organelles

30.

In the deep ocean sea floor where there are hydrothermal vents, (opening in the sea floor out of which heated mineral rich water flows) this takes place by bacteria.

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Chemosynthesis

31.

_________________ are eaten by organisms such as shrimp and form the first step in a series of deep ocean food chains.

a)

Bacteria

b)

Small Fish

c)

Whales

d)

Humans

32.

Process by which food (glucose) is made by bacteria using chemicals as the energy source, rather than sunlight.

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Chemosynthesis

c)

Chlorophyll Plastic

d)

Enzymic

33.

Both Photosynthesis and Chemosynthesis

a)

Use Carbon Dioxide

b)

Require a source of energy to activate the reaction

c)

Both produce Glucose (Sugars) for energy

d)

All of these

34.

Photosynthesis

a)

Requires Hydrogen Sulfide

b)

Requires Light Energy

c)

Produces water and sulfur

d)

Energy for the reaction comes from breakdown of hydrogen sulfide molecules

35.

Chemosynthesis

a)

Requires Water

b)

Produces Oxygen

c)

Requires Light Energy

d)

Requires Hydrogen Sulfide

36.
Cool, rigid, outermost layer of Earth that is divided into enormous pieces called tectonic plates; consists of the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle.
a)
Continental drift theory
b)
Contour intervals
c)
Topography
d)
Lithosphere
37.
Deep and narrow depressions in the seafloor where the subducted plate moves into the asthenosphere.
a)
Subduction
b)
Ocean Trench
c)
Convergent Boundary with Mountain Building
d)
Transform boundary
38.
Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
a)
Convection currents
b)
Fossils
c)
Sea Floor Spreading evidence
d)
Divergent boundary
39.

Which of the following statements about hydrothermal vents is TRUE?

a)

Springs of hot, mineral rich water at the mid-ocean ridges

b)

Their temp. does't exceed 100° C, the boiling point of water

c)

their harsh environment does not support life

d)

they produce dense clouds of black smoke

40.

What are “white smokers”?

a)

A species of tube worm

b)

Another name for the Aleutian Islands

c)

Species of squid that let out white ink

d)

Hydrothermal vents