Unit 8 Lesson 3-5 Quiz

What is the name of the large landmass that broke up into smaller continents?

• glacier till

• Glossopteris

• Pangaea

• glacier till

Which of the following is evidence that Antartica was once warm?

• glacier till

• mountain ranges

• Mesosaurus fossils

• Glossopteris fossils

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What is the margin of the continent that is covered by water?

• Pangaea

• continental drift

• glacier till

• continental shelf

What is the theory that continents slowly move across Earth's surface?

• glacier till

• continental drift

• fossil drift

• glacial drift

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Which of the following is NOT evidence for continental drift?

• living animals on separate continents

• that continents seem to fit together

• similar fossils on opposite sides of the ocean

• similar rock formations and mountain ranges on separate continents

Earth's crust is made up of plates. that rest on the mantle. Which of the following is the best estimate of how many plates make up Earth's crust?

• 10,000

• 100

• 10

• 1,000

Certain land features form where plates meet. Which land forms where two continental plates move toward each other?

• mountains

• glaciers

• trenches

• oceans

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Certain land features form at plate boundaries. Which land feature is likely to form most quickly?

• a rift valley

• a chain of islands

• a mountain range

• a volcano

The point where an earthquake begins

• core

• focus

• epicenter

• crust

The rigid, rocky layer of Earth

• crust

• mantle

• core

• epicenter