Quiz 1 - G4

What type of mountain is formed when layers of rock are pushed together and one folds under the other?

• Fold mountain

• Dome mountain

• Volcanic mountain

• Fault block mountain

Who proposed the idea that continents were once joined together in a supercontinent?

• Alfred Wegener
  

• Isaac Newton

• Charles Darwin

• Harry Hess

Which process drives the movement of continents?

• Earth’s rotation

• Movements in the mantle

• Wind and ocean currents

• Gravitational pull of the Moon

What was the name of the supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener?

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Panthalassa

• Gondwana

Which type of mountain forms from magma that doesn’t erupt but pushes the crust upward?

• Volcanic mountain

• Fold mountain

• Dome mountain

• Fault-block mountain

When is a volcanic mountain created?

• When two plates slide past each other

• When strong winds blow sand into large piles

• When rocks fold and buckle into layers

• When magma erupts from beneath the Earth's surface and hardens

Match the type of mountain to the correct picture.

• Volcanic mountain

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• Dome mountain

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• Fault-block mountain

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• Fold mountain

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Where is the magma?

Choose a number

When molten rocks leave the crust or the mantle to the surface of earth, they are called...

(a)  

The crust is divided into two parts ..... and .......

• • Continental and Oceanic

• • Lithosphere and Asthenosphere

• • Inner and Outer