Geology Quiz 1
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This practice quiz is meant to help prepare you to take the quiz on Earth's interior and Pangaea. For the quiz please study:~The layers of the Earth- what they are made of, their state, and what happens to density and temperature~Pangaea- What continental drift is, what Wegener used as evidence, and why the plates moved
- 1.What is the center most layer of the Earth?
- A.
Outer core
- B.
Inner core
- C.
Mantle
- D.
Troposphere
- 2.The layer of the Earth that is both liquid and solid is the
- A.
Outer core
- B.
Inner core
- C.
Mantle
- D.
Crust
- 3.The solid least dense layer of the Earth is the
- A.
Mantle
- B.
Inner core
- C.
Crust
- D.
Outer core
- 4.
- A.
Crust
- B.
Inner core
- C.
Mantle
- D.
Outer core
- 5.What happens to density as you go deeper into the Earth?
- A.
It decreases
- B.
It stay the same
- C.
In increases
- D.
No one knows
- 6.
- A.
In decreases
- B.
In increases
- C.
It stays the same
- D.
It varies
- 7.
- A.
Mantle
- B.
Outer core
- C.
Crust
- D.
Inner core
- 8.The layer on which we live is the
- A.
Outer core
- B.
Troposphere
- C.
Mantle
- D.
Crust
- 9.
- A.
Pangaea
- B.
Plate tectonics
- C.
Continental drift
- D.
Landmass movement
- 10.The plates move because
- A.
The wind blows them
- B.
Ocean currents
- C.
Convection in the mantle
- D.
Convection in the core
- 11.Wegener's hypothesis was
- A.
That the landmasses have always been in the same places
- B.
That the landmasses had been joined together as Pangaea, and have since drifted apart
- C.
That the continents do not move
- D.
That earthquakes have caused the landmasses to move
- 12.One piece of evidence for Pangaea was that
- A.
The same fossilized organism was found on two different continents
- B.
Part of an organism was found on one landmass and the other part on another landmass
- C.
A land bridge was found
- D.
People are found on all landmasses
- 13.Pangaea existed
- A.
About 100 thousand years ago
- B.
About 5 million years ago
- C.
About 250 million years ago
- D.
In the past and still exists today
- 14.The Mesosaurus fossil being found on two sides of an ocean are the result of
- A.
Earthquakes
- B.
A land bridge
- C.
The Mesosaurus swimming across the ocean
- D.
The movement of tectonic plates
- 15.No one believed Wegener because
- A.
He did not give any evidence
- B.
He did not provide an explanation for the force that moved the continents
- C.
He was not well liked by people
- D.
His ideas were false
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