General Unit 7 test

Earth's thin, rocky outer layer is its

• core

• mantle

• outer core

• crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The crust of the earth is

• thin under the oceans

• the hottest layer

• the thickest layer

• invisible

From surface to center of earth,

• pressure and temperature increase

• temperature decreases and pressure increases

• pressure and temperature decrease

• temperature increases and pressure decreases

The relatively soft, plastic-like layer of the upper mantle is the

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• inner core

• outer core

Which layer of the earth is solid metal?

• inner core

• outer core

• oceanic crust

• continental crust

New ocean floor is created at

• seamounts

• mid ocean ridges

• trenches

• mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The supercontinent in the Continental Drift Theory was called

• Pentagon

• Pangaea

• Mesosaurus

• Africa

Which of the following was NOT used in support of the continental drift hypothesis?

• fossil evidence

• age of seafloor

• climate evidence

• puzzle-like fit of the continents

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What was the main reason Wegener's continental drift hypothesis was rejected?

• He was a popular scientist

• he couldn't explain how the continents moved

• he thought that the continents were too slow

• his evidence was incorrect

The process that powers plate tectonics is

• radiation

• convection currents in the mantle

• conduction

• subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3