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WorksheetsLong Quiz - Earth Science (G11-PATRIARCHS)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 25mins
Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory in 1912?
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Charles Darwin
James Hutton
The supercontinent that existed about 250 million years ago was called:
Gondwanaland
Laurasia
Pangaea
Eurasia
Which process breaks down rocks without changing their chemical composition?
Chemical weathering
Mechanical weathering
Biological weathering
Oxidation
Which of the following is NOT an exogenic process?
Weathering
Erosion
Volcanism
Deposition
What type of fault occurs when the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall?
Normal fault
Reverse fault
Strike-slip fault
Thrust fault
Which evidence best supported Wegener's theory?
Earthquakes
Glacial scratches in Africa
Ocean trenches
Earth's magnetic field
Which endogenic process describes the bending of rocks due to compressional forces?
Faulting
Folding
Volcanism
Metamorphism
Which type of weathering involves carbon dioxide reacting with water to form carbonic acid?
Hydrolysis
Oxidation
Carbonation
Abrasion
The movement of tectonic plates is explained by which theory?
Seafloor Spreading
Plate Tectonic Theory
Continental Jigsaw Puzzle
Catastrophism
Which type of volcanism involves magma cooling and solidifying beneath Earth's surface?
Extrusive volcanism
Intrusive volcanism
Regional volcanism
Contact volcanism
Scientist who introduced Seafloor Spreading →
Fossil plant used as evidence for continental drift →
The bending of rocks due to compression →
Fault caused by compression where the hanging wall moves upward →
Large, rigid pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move →
Process where rocks are broken down by oxygen, forming rust →
The layer of 'plastic rock' beneath the lithosphere →
Coal deposits found in Antarctica serve as evidence of →
The process where rocks move downslope due to gravity →
Type of metamorphism caused by heat from nearby magma →
