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Restless Earth Review Sections 1-8

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where do earthquakes occur?

a)

Completely randomly

b)

Generally along plate boundaries

c)

Where the elephants stomp

d)

ONLY where the mountains are

2.

When scientists map the location of earthquakes, what can they see?

a)

all of time and space

b)

the core of the earth

c)

location of mountains

d)

plate boundaries

3.

What gets released when plates move that causes the ground to shake?

a)

energy

b)

light

c)

soil

4.

What is directly above the focus of an earthquake?  

a)
Epicenter
b)
Fault
c)
Seismograph Station
d)

A sleeping 6th grader.

5.

The oceanic crust is pushed/pulled away on both sides of  

a)

A Continent's edge

b)

A Deep-ocean trench

c)

A ridge

d)

Fold Mountains

6.

New crust forms at a...

a)

ridge

b)
deep-ocean trench
c)

earthquake

d)

Fold mountain

7.

Older crust is found _______ a ridge.

a)

Closer to

b)

Further from

c)

Below

d)

inside

8.
Where do Earth's plates meet?
a)

only at mid-ocean ridges

b)

at plate boundaries

c)

at any fault

d)
At the dinner table. (Get it?  Plates.)
9.
Plates slide past each other at ____________ boundaries.
a)
transform
b)
continental/continental convergent
c)
continental/oceanic convergent
d)
divergent
10.

This Quizizz will help prepare you for the Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning Questions.

a)

False

b)

True

11.
Which feature forms when two continental plates converge?
a)

fold mountains

b)
deep ocean trench
c)
rift valley
d)
mid-ocean ridges
12.

What is likely to form when two oceanic plates pull apart?

a)

A deep valley, like a big long crack in the rock

b)

Mountains with slanted layers and layers of sedimentary rock.

c)

A long underwater mountain range made of young lava rock.

d)

A flat place with a lot of cracks from so many earthquakes taking place.

13.
Younger sea floor crust is located...
a)
farther from the mid-ocean ridges
b)

closest to mid ocean ridges

c)

at mountains

d)
near the continents
14.

Fold mountains form from ...

a)
plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
d)
the shrinking of Earth
15.

What did Wegener name the large supercontinent where all the continents were joined together?

a)

Wegenerland

b)

Superland

c)

Eurasian

d)

Pangaea

16.

Most geologists rejected Wegener's idea of Continental Drift because _________.

a)

He didn't have enough evidence to support his idea.

b)

He wanted to know what the Earth looked like millions of years ago, which was impossible.

c)

He didn't have a good explanation of what would cause continents to move around.

d)

They were afraid of the new idea.

17.

Wegener used the fit of the continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

Wegener used fossils of the land dwelling organisms on different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

a)

true

b)

false

19.

Wegener used evidence of glaciers in places now too warm as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

Wegener used matching rock types and ages across different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

The east coast of South America seems to fit into the west coast of Africa, this evidence for Continental Drift is called...

a)

Fit/shape of continental coastlines

b)

Fossil evidence

c)

Geologic evidence

d)

Paleoclimate evidence

22.
India, Australia, South America, and Africa all have deep grooves or scratches in rocks which is climate evidence of ....
a)
erosion
b)
dinosaurs
c)
glaciers
d)
aliens
23.

Which things did Wegener study to support his ideas? Mark all that apply.

a)

fossils across oceans

b)

matching land features/rocks

c)

matching forces

d)

Paleoclimate data

e)

Shape of continental coastlines

24.

Another piece in the theory of Continental Drift is evidence of coal on Antarctica because...

a)

it is found in tropical areas today so it used to be near the equator where plants that formed coal thrive

b)

it is found in swampy areas today so the area used to be near the poles where the plants to formed coal thrive

c)

it is found in cold areas today but formed from a plant in warm climes, so it used to be closer to the equator

d)

coal is not an example of continental drift

25.

In order to get better at Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning questions, students should ...

a)

Go back and look at all the Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning practice we've already done.

b)

Practice more Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning Questions.

c)

Talk to their teacher.

d)

Just do quizizz.

26.

What was Wegener's theory of Continental Drift?

a)

the earth is flat

b)

the continents were once joined together

c)

Plants live near the equator

d)

Glaciers are cold

27.

This scientist first proposed continental drift theory

a)

Harry Hess

b)

Alfred Wegener

c)

Archimedes

d)

Thomas Warner

28.

These are remains of dead plants or animals preserved in rock.

a)

Glaciers

b)

Dinosaurs

c)

Bones

d)

Fossils

29.

Wegener observed scratches from glaciers in Africa and India where it is currently too hot for glaciers to form. This is considered...

a)

Fossil Evidence

b)

Rock Formation Evidence

c)

Paleoclimate Evidence

d)

Objective Evidence

30.

Wegener noticed that the Appalachian Mountains and Caledonian Mountains line up and are made of the same rock types. This was a type of ....

a)

Fossil Evidence

b)

Rock and Mountain correlation Evidence

c)

Climate Evidence

d)

Objective Evidence

31.

How was Wegener's theory received by other scientists at the time?

a)

They thought it was great

b)

They did not accept it

c)

They laughed at his jokes

d)

They gave him a prize

32.

What did Wegener notice about the continents?

a)

their coastlines fit together like puzzle pieces

b)

most of them start with the letter A

c)

They are large

d)

They are were humans live

33.

These are ___________________

a)

A mid-ocean ridge

b)

Fold mountains

c)

Created by plates crashing into each other.

d)

Created by plates moving away from each other.

e)

Created by plates sliding against each other

34.

This is a ___________________

a)

A mid-ocean ridge

b)

Fold mountain

c)

Created by plates crashing into each other.

d)

Created by plates moving away from each other.

e)

Created by plates sliding against each other

35.

This is a ___________________

a)

Place that will likely form a ridge

b)

place that will likely form a folded mountain

c)

Place that will have frequent earthquakes

d)

divergent boundary

e)

transform boundary