ES3 Unit Exam

What did Earth look like in the past?

• The Earth has always looked the same as it does today.

• The continents were in different locations than they are today.

• There were more continents than there are today

• There was less water in the oceans as compared to today.

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What makes up Earth's plates?

• The plates are made of solid rock on continents only.

• The plates are made of solid rock on ocean floors only.

• The plates are made of solid rock on ocean floors and continents.

• The plates are not made of solid rock.

Where is the youngest rock found in relation to a mid-ocean ridge?

• Far from where plates separate, because that is where magma solidifies.

• Far form where plates separate, because that is where plates slide beneath other plates.

• Close to where plates separate, because that is where magma solidifies.

• Close to where plates separate, because that is where plates slide beneath other plates.

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What is happening at some places where oceanic trenches form?

• A continental plate is sliding beneath an oceanic plate.

• A continental plate is moving alongside an oceanic plate.

• An oceanic plate is sliding beneath another oceanic plate.

• An oceanic plate is moving alongside another oceanic plate.

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The age of rock on the ocean floor shows the youngest rock at the center and the oldest rock near the continents. How does this evidence support Continental Drift Theory?

• The younger rocks, in a process called seafloor spreading, are pushing the older rocks on the continents away from each other.

• The older rocks on the continents used to be the connected but are traveling over the younger rocks as the continents drift apart.

• The newer rock is denser and sinks to the bottom of the ocean while the older, less dense rock floats above the water and drifts.

• Volcanoes on the bottom of the ocean are constantly erupting and making new rock.

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Which location on the world map above is a place where new plate material is being formed?

• Point A

• Point B

• Point C

• Point D

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Which of the following describes the layer directly beneath Earth’s plates?

• It moves very rapidly, and it moves in different directions in different places.

• It moves very slowly, and it moves in different directions in different places.

• It moves very slowly, and it moves in one direction around the earth.

• It does not move.

What is TRUE about the layer directly below Earth’s plates?

• It is completely solid rock.

• It is mostly liquid rock.

• It is mostly solid and liquid rock.

• It is mostly slightly softened rock.

Which evidence does NOT support Continental Drift Theory?

• Fossils of the same ancient plants and animals are found on different continents.

• Coal, which is evidence of tropical plants, is found in Antarctica.

• Many of the continents appear to fit together like a puzzle.

• Penguins can be found living on Antarctica and in South America.

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Divergent

• transform

• continental/continental convergent

• Continental/oceanic convergent

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