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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich is NOT a type of plate boundary?TransformDivergentConvergentInsurgent
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which type of plate boundary formed the current tallest mountain range on Earth?ConvergentDivergentTransformInsurgent - 3. Multiple ChoicePangea was broken apart at South America and Africa by which type of plate boundary?DivergentConvergentTransformInsurgent
- 4. Multiple ChoiceCalifornia earthquakes are caused by which type of plate boundary movement by the San Andreas Fault?TransformConvergentDivergentInsurgent
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe crust of Earth is a part of which layer?LithosphereAsthenosphereMantleCore
- 6. Multiple ChoiceVolcanoes form at "hot spots" and near which type of plate boundary?TransformDivergentConvergent: subductionConvergent: collision
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of plate boundary creates new ocean floor?DivergentConvergentTransform
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe Pacific Ring of Fire is a circle of volcanoes all around the edge of the Pacific Ocean. These volcanoes are formed by ___ boundaries because the Pacific Ocean is slowing shrinking as the Atlantic Ocean is slowly growing.Convergent: subductionConvergent: collisionTransformDivergent
- 9. Multiple ChoiceJapan experiences tsunamis, earthquakes and has volcanoes and deep sea trenches off its shore. Japan is surrounded by:Convergent: collision plate boundariesConvergent: subduction plate boundaries
- 10. Multiple ChoicePlate tectonics is based on the mapping of volcanoes and earthquakes, rock layers, topographical features, magnetic patterns in ocean rock and fossil findings. This sounds like a scientific ___.hypothesistheory
- 11. Multiple ChoiceTo clearly see the effects of plate tectonics on the shape and position of the continents, you would need to observe ___ of time.1 year10 years1000 years10 million years
- 12. Multiple ChoiceTo see the effects of an earthquake, you would need to observe the surface of Earth for ___ of time.1 second10 minutes100 days1000 years
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe motion of plates or pieces of Earth's surface is driven by:heat from sunlightheat from the core of Earththe orbit of the Moon
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe same fossils in the same type of rock but are separated by 3000 miles of ocean is explained by a:convergent plate boundarydivergent plate boundarytransform plate boundaryinsurgent plate boundary
- 15. Multiple ChoicePlates move via earthquakes. This occursslowly, continuously, everyday, by fractions of a millimeterquickly, in an instant of movement, every 10 years or so for large movements of a meter or more
- 16. Multiple ChoiceEventually, in maybe 100 million years, LA and Orange County will be located where San Francisco is today because of plate movement.TrueFalse
- 17. Multiple ChoiceEventually, in maybe 100 million years, LA and Orange County will be located where San Francisco is today because of plate movement.TrueFalse
- 18. Multiple ChoiceEventually, the Pacific Ocean will shrink and disappear and another Pangea will form.TrueFalse
- 19. Multiple ChoicePlate and continent movements have no effect on the evolution, survival and extinction of life.TrueFalse
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the energy source of the water cycle, plate tectonics and the rock cycle?Sunlight, internal heat from the core, bothBoth, internal heat from the core, sunlightInternal heat from the core, both, sunlight
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe fitness of a population of species may change because the environment changes due to:Earth's orbit can change by increasing or decreasing its distance from the Sun by 10's of millions of milesplate boundary movement that changes the latitude of a continent or island groupthe Sun's intensity dims by half or doublestwo answers are correct
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe Scientist credited with the Theory of Continental Drift is known as ____________Alfred WegenerGeorge Washington CarverScott KellyYuri Gagarin
- 23. Multiple ChoiceRotation alternating crop each year in order to put back nutrients in the soil is known as ____________.Crop RotationConservation plantingTilt farmingContour plowing
- 24. Multiple ChoiceEarth has two kinds of crust.Oceanic and ContinentalOceanic and BasalticOceanic and Granatic
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe experiences of the Dust Bowl, taught humans a vital lesson of taking care of the soil.TrueFalse
- 26. Multiple ChoiceEarthquake activities takes places along ____________.faultlithosphereatmosphereepicenter
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe area on the surface of the land where an occurs is known as _____________.epicenterfocusfaultconvergent
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