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Geology Practice # 1

Quiz by Sheri Ward

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  • Q1
    The MAIN reason geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's continental drift theory was that...
    Wegener used several types of evidence to support his theory.
    Wegener was a meteorologist and knew nothing about geologic processes.
    Wegener couldn't identify the force needed to move the continents.
    Geologists at that time were afraid of new ideas.
    30s
  • Q2
    Mid-ocean ridges are...
    areas where underwater mountain ranges form when molten rock rises up from underneath the seafloor.
    areas marking where tectonic plates slide past each other.
    narrow valleys that run along the bottom of the ocean floor.
    underwater areas where thick layers of sediment pile up.
    30s
  • Q3
    Imagine you could drill a hole all the way to the center of the Earth. Assuming that you drill the same speed the entire way, which layer would take the longest to drill through?
    Mantle
    Crust
    Outer Core
    Inner Core
    30s
  • Q4
    Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to try and support his continental drift theory?
    evidence from fossils.
    evidence from human remains.
    evidence from landforms.
    evidence from glaciers/climate.
    30s
  • Q5
    Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?
    outer core
    lithosphere
    lower mantel
    inner core
    30s
  • Q6
    On the ocean floor are found the mid-ocean ridges. These areas are important because they...
    destroy old oceanic crust to be recycled in the mantle.
    product new ocean crust from recycled molten rock.
    help form underwater river and lake systems.
    form the borders of all oceans of the world.
    30s
  • Q7
    What evidence helped prove to geologists that the Earth creates NEW CRUST along the mid-ocean ridges? (Sea Floor Spreading Theory)
    magnetic stripes reversals.
    younger rock material (crust) is always found closest to the ridges.
    oldest rock material(crust) is always found the farthest distance from the ridges.
    All of these.
    30s
  • Q8
    At which type of plate boundary(s) would you find volcanoes forming?
    a convergent (continental to continental) plate boundary.
    a transform plate boundary.
    a convergent (either continental to oceanic or oceanic to oceanic) plate boundary.
    a divergent boundary.
    30s
  • Q9
    Which type of energy transfer is the MAIN way that HEAT moves up from the Mantle to the lithosphere/crust?
    Radiation
    Evaporation
    Conduction
    Convection
    30s
  • Q10
    The layer of Earth where pressure, density and temperature are the greatest is the...
    Outer Core
    Mantle
    Inner Core
    Crust
    30s

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