Earth Systems Test 5/31/22

1. Which scientist is credited with the Theory of Continental Drift?

• A. Dmitri Mendeleev
• B. Alfred Wegener
• C. Isaac Newton
• D. Charles Darwin

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2. How do Earth’s landforms support the Theory of Continental Drift?

• A. They show evidence of rock formation through volcanoes.
• B. They indicate weathering and drifting processes like rivers.
• C. They match up with other landforms on other continents that seem to fit together like puzzle pieces.
• D. They show identical climate patterns.

3. Why would there be fossils of sea creatures in a desert?

• A. Someone brought the fossils to the desert.
• B. Wind and weathering carried the fossils to the desert.
• C. Some sea creatures used to be able to survive in the desert.
• D. The desert was an ocean floor millions of years ago.

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4. Which of the following is an example of how climate might have changed in a region?

• A. Tropical plant fossils in Antarctica indicate it used to be located closer to the equator.
• B. Freshwater animal fossils found in North America suggest that it used to be closer to the poles.
• C. Mountain ranges across continents match up like a puzzle.
• D. The plates are still moving at a rate of 2.5 centimeters a year.

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5. Why did most scientists reject Wegener’s theory?

• A. He was a young and unknown scientist at the time.
• B. He did not have any evidence to support his theory.
• C. He had other theories that had been discredited in the past.
• D. He was unable to explain the driving force that was causing the continents to move.

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6. What do scientists believe is the driving force of the movement of plates?

• A. Convection in the mantle
• B. Conduction in the core
• C. Radiation in the mantle

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7. Which of the following was not used by Alfred Wegener as evidence of continental drift?

• A. Glacial deposits near the equator
• B. Mountain ranges in Africa and South America
• C. Spreading of the sea floor
• D. Fossils found on different continents

8. The continual rising and falling (due to heating and cooling) of magma within the Earth are known as ____________________ currents.

• Pangaea
• Convection
• Fossill
• Tectonic plates

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9. The supercontinent that included all current land masses before they split apart was known as ____________________.

• Pangaea
• Continental Drift
• fossil
• tectonic plates

10. What are the three main types of plate boundaries that exist?

• A. Confine, define, and translate
• B. Convergent, divergent, and transform
• C. Contingent, defendant, and transcribe
• D. Complete, deplete, and transplant

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