Unit 4 Earth Science Review #1

Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.

• Pandora

• Gandowandaland

• Pangea

• Percia

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What was Wegener's hypothesis called?

• The Theory of Pangea 

• The Hypothesis of Moving Continents

• Continental Drift Hypothesis

• The Theory of Tectonic Plates

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Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is caused by

• the rotation of the Earth.

• the Earth's magnetic field.

• subduction.

• convection currents.

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When plates collide we get ________.

• crumbles

• volcanos

• trenches

• mountain ranges

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A location where two tectonic plates collide is known as a _________ boundary.

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform
• Spreading

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Which layer of Earth flows slowly and causes the crust to move?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer core

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

Subduction means.....

• one plate goes under another plate

• two plates slide past each other

• two plate collide and form folded mountains

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Where seafloor spreading occurs, the ______ crust is being pushed away from the mid-ocean ridge.

• older

• younger

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Sea-floor spreading explains how.....

• new crust is created at a divergent boundary

• volcanoes are formed on continents

• deep sea trenches are formed

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