New Unit 2: Earth's Systems A

Where do most earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur?

• In the ocean

• Plate boundaries

• Glaciers

• Deserts

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Which of the following was NOT used as evidence by Wegener for his theory of continental drift?

• Puzzle-like fit of South America and Africa

• Fossils of land animals found oceans apart

• Magnetic reversals on the ocean floor

• Similar rock layers across continents

Which of the following includes all of the water on or near Earth’s surface?

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

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Which list correctly identifies the layers of the Earth's interior (from outermost to innermost)?

• Crust → Mantle → Outer Core → Inner Core

• Crust → Mantle → Inner Core → Outer Core

• Mantle → Crust → Inner Core → Outer Core

• Inner Core → Crust → Outer Core → Mantle

Which of Earth’s interior layers contains convection currents that cause tectonic plates to move?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

What is the name for the supercontinent that existed about 200 million years ago?

• Eurasia

• Pangaea

• Wegener

• Gondwanaland

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The picture below illustrates:

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• State boundary

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The Andes Mountains formed along which type of plate boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• International

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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge formed at which type of boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Subduction

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How is a subduction zone formed?

• Plates slide past each other

• Plates move apart, creating deep-sea trenches

• One plate slips below another and melts back into the mantle

• Plates collide but neither subducts

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