Written Work #1 | Science 10

What do we call the supercontinent that literally translates “all of earth” or “all lands”?

• Pangae

• Pangea

•  Pangaea

• Pangeae

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Who is the German meteorologist and geophysicist that hypothesized and suggested that the landmasses of Earth were once merged into a supercontinent?

• Harry Hess           

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton      

• Albert Einstein

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When was the continental drift theory proposed?

• 1912

• 1913

• 1914

• 1915

Which continent is the precursor of Asia, North America and Europe?

• Gondwana

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Panthalassa

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The term tectonic comes from the Latin word “tectonicus” or the Greek word “tektonikos” which means what?

• To make

• To create

• To establish

• To build

Only liquid layer of the Earth

Thickest layer of the Earth

The different layers of the Earth were discovered by studying the behavior of what?

• Coastal lines

• Fossil sequences

• Rock formations

• Seismic waves

Which type of wave travels through the Earth?

• Sound Waves

• Seismic Waves

• Body Waves

• Surface Waves

About how many percent of the world’s earthquakes happen in the Pacific of Fire?

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