Earth Science MCQ Exam Quiz! Trivia
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- 1.Select the three compositional layers of Earth:
- A.
Crust
- B.
Core
- C.
Lithosphere
- D.
Asthenosphere
- E.
Mantle
- F.
Magnetosphere
- 2.Tectonic plates are found under the continental and oceanic crust.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Tectonic plates are made of rigid ____________.
- 4.Tectonic plates move due to the shift in the ground floor. We don't know how this happens.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Continental Drift is the theory that says...
- A.
Seafloor moves due to the Moon
- B.
We will be drifting off the Earth because of tectonic plates and centripetal force
- C.
​continents once formed part of a single landmass called Pangea, and drifted to where they are now because of the Moon's pull and centripetal force
- 6.Examples of evidence Wegener discovered when trying to prove the theory of Continental drift include that the continents fit together like a ________, glacial ______ on Antarctica match with other continents, ______ of deceased animals matched on opposite continents, and there are similar ________ ranges.
- 7.A _________ charts the depth of the water using echo-sounding technology while a ship is moving.
- 8.The Theory of Plate Tectonics describes large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere (crust & upper mantle).
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Alfred Wegener thought that the landmasses ______ the seafloor (Continental Drift Theory). We know now this theory is false.
- A.
Plowed
- B.
Glided against
- C.
Skidded
- D.
Floated above
- 10.Some people disagreed with Alfred Wegener because the seafloor cannot be __________. It is hard and cannot be changed as he described.
- 11.The three types of continental boundaries are (alphabetical order)...
- 12.Volcanoes and earthquakes are randomly distributed throughout the world.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Minerals have a ________ structure.
- 14.Evidence for the Plate Tectonic Theory includes Sea-floor ________, the study of Earth's ancient magnetic field aka ___________, trenches in the __________ zone, location of ________ and _________, and that the ocean floor is ________ that continental crust.
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