Unit 5: Earth Systems Review

Who developed the theory of continental drift?

• Alfred Wegener

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

• Neil Armstrong

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Select the two pieces of evidence supporting continental drift theory.

• The continents fit together like puzzle pieces

• Ocean currents

• Animal and plant fossils found across the continents

• Volcano formation

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The continental drift theory led to the development of the...

• coriolis effect

• theory of evolution

• theory of relative mobility

• theory of plate tectonics

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Tectonic plates are found on which layer of the Earth?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

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Describe tectonic plate movement.

• Tectonic plates move quickly over time.

• Tectonic plates do not move over time.

• Tectonic plates move slowly over time.

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What drives plate tectonic movement?

• ocean currents

• convection currents

• heat from the inner core

• atmospheric pressure

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Hot currents ________ and cool currents _______.

• Rise, sink

• Do not move, move quickly

• Sink, rise

• Move quickly, do not move

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The dark lines between continents represent...

• mountains

• danger zones

• climate zones

• tectonic plates

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Convection currents are found in what layer of the Earth?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

Geological changes to Earth's surface happen...

• quickly

• gradually

• over various time periods

• every 100 years

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