Earth's Layers
Convection
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
(x2 Points)
(x2 Points)
Test Questions
100
What layer are we standing on?
The crust
100
Where does convection occur?
A. Water B. The Mantle C. Air D. All of the answers
D. All of the answers
100
What is the name of the super continent?
Pangea
100
Name ONE natural disaster caused by Plate Tectonics.
Tsunami, Earthquake, Volcano
100
What is the theory that continents have slowly moved to their current locations?
A. continental drift B. continental slope C. convection
A. Continental Drift
200
What layer is the thinnest?
The crust
200
What is the heat source inside earth?
The Inner Core
200
Who discovered Continental Drift?
Alfred Wegener
200
What LANDFORM occurs where continental plates crash into eachother?
A. Valley B. Mountains C. Trench
B. Mountains
200
Use the Figure below, why are fossils of the plant glossopteris (the leaf) evidence of Continental Drift?
A. The plant only blooms in the summer.
B. The plant was found on many continents and plants can't walk or swim.
C. The plant is only found in Africa.
B. The plant was found on many continents and plants can't walk or swim.
300
Liquid or Solid - Mantle
Liquid
300
What layer of Earth does convection occur?
The Mantle
300
What evidence of continental drift is this image showing?
A. Fossils B. Puzzle Piece continents C. Climate change
A. Fossils and/or B. Puzzle Piece continents
300
What LANDFORM occurs where continental and oceanic plates crash into each other?
A. Valley B. Mountains C. Trench
C. Trench
300
What force causes the movement of Earth's plates?
A. Pressure B. Convection Current C. Cooling
B. Convection Current
400
Liquid or Solid - Inner Core
Solid
400
What happens to particles when they get hot?
A. They come together
B. They spread apart
B. They spread apart
400
Daily Double!!! What is evidence for continental drift?
Name all three!
Fossils
Puzzle Piece continents
Climate change
400
What LANDFORM occurs where continental plates move away from each other?
A. Valley B. Mountains C. Trench
A. Valley
400
What two types of crust are found on earth's Surface?
A. Mantle and Core B. Lithosphere and Asthenosphere C. Oceanic and Continental
C. Oceanic and Continental
500
What layer is the thickest?
The Mantle
500
What happens to particles when they get cold?
A. They come together
B. They spread apart
A. They come together
500
What is moving the plates?
Convection
500
What is this area around the pacific called?
A. Ring of Fire B. Circle of Death C. Area of Danger
A. Ring of Fire
500
How does the Theory of Continental Drift explain the location of the same fossils on two different continents?
A. The animals were able to fly from one continent to the other.
B. Humans transported the animals from one continent to the other.
C. The continents were once joined together so the animals could walk from continent to continent.
C. The continents were once joined together so the animals could walk from continent to continent.