Honors Science 7 Unit 6 Test Prep

1. Even before modern observations provided evidence supporting the theory of plate tectonics, people developed hypotheses that the continents were once joined together. Using only maps, what did they observe?

• The continents fit together

• The continents didn't fit together

• There was a lot of ocean

• There were a lot of landmasses

2. Fossils of organisms that once lived in warmer climates millions of years ago have been found in arctic environments today. What fact does this evidence support? 

• The artic has always been warm

• The artic was once in a warm area, and has since moved

• The organisms were able to live in the cold

• Nothing

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3. Why do scientists believe that some tectonic plates are moving away from each other? 

• IDK

• The moon's gravity is moving them apart

• The plates used to be connected

• The waves from the ocean are strong enough to displace the land

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4. How are fossils used by scientists to show that the theory of continental drift is correct? 

• Different fossils are found on different continents

• Similar fossils are found on the same continent

• Different fossils are found on different continents

• Similar fossils are found on different continents

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5. Which type of tectonic plate movement results in the formation of mid-ocean ridges? 

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transverse

• Subducting

• Transform

6. Examining rocks that form on either side of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge provides evidence of plate movement that supports the theory of plate tectonics. How does the age of the rocks closer to the ridge compare to the age of the rocks that are farther from the ridge?

• They are all the same age

• Rocks closer to the ridge are older, farther are younger

• Rocks closer to the ridge are younger, farther are older

• There are no rocks near the ridge

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7. How can the ocean floor be created and/or destroyed?

• Seafloor Spreading/ Subduction

• Continental Drift/Diverging

• It doesn't get created or destroyed

• Earthquakes/ Transform

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8. How are tectonic plates able to move and shift? What characteristics of Earth make this possible? 

• Magnetic Forces caused by the amount of metals in the core

• Gravitational Pull from the Sun

• Poseidon causing earthquakes in a fit of rage

• Convection Currents caused by large amounts of heat in the mantle

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9. How long do geoscience processes take to occur? 

• Long Time

• Short Time

• No Time

• Short/Long Time

• They don't happen

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10. Describe the difference between a small-scale and a large-scale geoscience process.

• Small Scale = Small Area

  Large Scale = Large Area

• Large Scale = Small Area

  Small Scale = Large Area

• Small Scale = Less Time

  Large Scale = More Time

• Large Scale = Less Time

  Small Scale = More Time

• This answer is correct

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