ES Sem2 Final Exam

What is the name of the supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras?

• Gondwanaland

• Pangaea

• Eurasia

• Laurasia

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which scientist is credited with proposing the theory of continental drift?

• Isaac Newton

• Alfred Wegener

• Galileo Galilei

• Copernicus

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What is the name of the process where new oceanic crust is formed at mid-oceanic ridges?

• Subduction

• Sea floor spreading

• Transform faulting

• Continental drift

Which type of plate boundary is associated with the creation of deep-sea trenches?

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Passive boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the name for the rigid outer layer of the Earth?

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Core

Which type of fault is caused by compressional forces and results in the hanging wall moving upward relative to the footwall?

• Normal fault

• Reverse fault

• Transform fault

• Strike-slip fault

What is the name of the boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally?

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction zone

Which layer of the Earth is directly beneath the lithosphere and is partially molten?

• Crust

• Asthenosphere

• Mantle

• Core

What is the term for the process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle?

• Subduction

• Sea floor spreading

• Continental drift

• Transform faulting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of magma has the highest viscosity?

• Basaltic

• Andesitic

• Rhyolitic

• Ultramafic