CKLA Unit 5 .1 * 2. Geology

Wegner's continental drift explained the fit of the continents.​ (a)  

• hypothesis

• idea

• fact

• nonsense

Other scientist did what to Wegner's ideas and hypothesis?

• laughed

• thought it was a good idea.

• criticized his ideas and hypothesis 

• did nothing at all.

Alfred Wegner was a ______ who studied rock layers on the continents and developed a hypothesis called the continental drift.

• land owner

• scientist

• geologist

• teacher

Geologist are scientist who study rocks, the earth crust and rock layers of the earth. True or false?

• True

• False

• Neither true nor false 

Geologist found what of an ancient fern?

• leaves

• bugs

• plant life

• fossils

What was the fossil, called Lystrosaurus in both Southern Africa and India a fossil of?

• an ancient bird

• an ancient reptile

• an ancient fish

• an ancient bug

Waves of energy that geologist study which can travel our from an earthquake source are called what?

• jumping waves

• energy waves

• seismic waves

• quiet waves

The substance beneath the earth's crust which can erupt through cracks as lava is what?

• fire

• heat

• steam

• magma

What kind of crusts are just below and able the ocean's floor?

• pie and cookie crust

• continental and oceanic crust

• bread and cheese crust

• pizza and taco crust

Places where crust is sinking down Into the mantle is called what?

• deep ocean waves

• deep sea scapes

• deep black holes

• deep ocean trenches