Paleozoic Review

Paleozoic Review

9th Grade - University

37 Qs

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Paleozoic Review

Paleozoic Review

Assessment

Quiz

Other Sciences

9th Grade - University

Hard

Created by

Todd Carmichael

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37 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,
Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses
the continents DO NOT move.
Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking.
the continents were once joined together in a single landmass

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is Pangaea?
The name of a German scientist. 
The final supercontinent. It formed during the Permian and broke apart during the Mesozoic
Another name for continental drift
The name of an ancient fossil. 

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which type of evidence was used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

evidence from landforms such as mountain ranges and rock types

evidence from fossils that couldn't have swam across the oceans

evidence from human remains

climate change evidence such as glaciers and tropical fossils

the puzzle-like fit of certain continents

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which process does NOT cause plate tectonics?
convergent-subduction boundary (slab pull)
divergent boundary (ridge push)
rotation of the Earth on its axis
convection currents in the mantle 

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by
conduction
earthquakes
convection currents in the mantle
Earth's magnetic field

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in costant, slow motion is the theory of
subduction
plate tectonics
deep ocean trenches
sea floor spreading

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as
convection
continental drift
subduction
conduction

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