Plate Tectonics Quiz Review. What is the name of the SUPERCONTINENT that was once one land mass?
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Plate Tectonics Quiz Review
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What is the name of the SUPERCONTINENT that was once
one land mass?
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Pangaea
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Wegener proposed a THEORY about the continents. He said they
have been moving around for millions of years.
What did he call this THEORY?
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The theory of
Continental Drift
Untold tragedies of Continental Drift. .
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Name the 3 types of heat transfer.Here are some hints…
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Types of Heat Transfer:
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What causes the mantle rock to flow very slowly?
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Convection Currents
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Multiple Choice:The ______ heats the mantle and makes the convection currents move.
A.sunB.coreC.geothermal activityD.Earth’s magnetic field
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B. core
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If a cruise ship is traveling from the eastern coast of Africa toward the northwest coast of Australia, which ocean is it sailing?
A. AtlanticB. PacificC. IndianD. Southern
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• C. Indian
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If a cruise ship is traveling from South America to the Europe, which ocean is it sailing?
A.AtlanticB. PacificC. ArcticD. Southern
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D. Atlantic
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If a ship is traveling from Greenland, north of Iceland, then to northern Europe, which ocean is it sailing?
A.AtlanticB. PacificC. ArcticD. Southern
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• C. Arctic
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• Last summer Beth and her family took a long cruise. The ship left a port in Argentina (on the southeastern coast of South America), traveled just north of Antarctica, then travelled around southern Australia and docked in Sydney on the eastern coast of Australia, over which oceans did it sail?
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Atlantic, Southern & Pacific
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If a cruise ship leaves a port in California (west coast of North America) traveling toward Japan, which ocean is it sailing?
A. AtlanticB. IndianC. ArcticD.Pacific
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• D. Pacific
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• Why does mantle rock begin to sink back towards the lower mantle from the area closest to the crust?
A.The mantle rock is floating.B.The mantle rock is cooled near the crust,
becoming more dense.C. The mantle rock is warmed near the crust,
becoming less dense.D. The mantle rock does not change near the
crust.
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• B. The mantle rock is cooled near the crust, becoming more dense.
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• Wegener used evidence to explain plate movement. Which of the following was evidence used in his research?
A. Land featuresB. Fossil evidenceC. Climate evidenceD. All of the above
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• D. All of the above
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• Heat transfers by movement of currents in liquids and gasses. This is caused by differences in temperature and density. An example of this type of heat transfer occurs when mantle rock moves from near the core, towards the crust, and back again.
A. RadiationB. ConductionC. ConvectionD. Compaction
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• C. Convection
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New ocean floor is added when plates move ____.
a. togetherb. sidewaysc. apartd. parallel
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• C. apart
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Wegener believed that the continents moved because of evidence he found which showed mountain ranges and coal fields matching up on widely separated continents. Wegener’s use of this evidence is an example of ____.
a. a predictionb. a theoryc. an inferenced. a controlled experiment
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C. inference
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• Harry Hess was an American geologist who found evidence to support Wegener’s theory. His research showed that new rock formed on the ocean floor at the mid-ocean ridge while older rock was moved farther from this crack in the oceanic crust. What was this process called?
A. Continental driftB. Sea-floor spreadingC. Law of superpositionD. Law of supervision
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• B. Sea-floor spreading