Gr. 7- Planet Earth: Section 3.0 Quiz

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          Section 3 – Landforms provide evidence of change

3.1 Continental Drift

Alfred Wegner determined that the continents at one time all fit together to form one large supercontinent, called Pangaea. Their interlocking shapes and other evidence helped him form the Theory of Continental Drift. The other evidence included ALL of the following, EXCEPT...

Glossopteris fossils

Folded mountains

Glacial deposits

Gold deposits

Glaciers once existed in the southern hemisphere. The evidence Wegener found to prove this were the ...

morraines found

erratics found

bedrock abrasions

ice caves

The science community rejected Wegener’s idea because they believed that mountains formed when the crust wrinkled like the skin of a dried-up ...

apple

pear

grape

orange

3.2 Plate Tectonics

The ocean floor has been mapped out in detail and provided interesting patterns. Scientists noted that
volcanoes and earthquakes tended to occur in the ...

deep trenches of the ocean

vast plains of the ocean floor

same areas around the word

continents that fit together

Mountain ranges were discovered along the ocean floor. These mountain ranges are called ...

trenches

ridges

pillow lava

abyss

Because rock is moving away from the mountain ranges found along the mid-Atlantic ridge, new rock is
being formed. This sea-floor spreading indicates that rock nearest the continents is ...

older

younger

softer

harder

The place where tectonic plates meet is called a ...

transform

convergence

boundary

divergence

A place where two tectonic plates slide past each other is called a ...

transform boundary

diverging boundary

converging boundary

subduction boundary

3.3 Mountain Building

A converging boundary can happen where two continental plates are crushing together and the edges are being pushed up. The highest mountain range in the world developing in this way is the ..

Alps

Rockies

Appalachians

Himalayans

Over 500 million years ago Alberta was tropical and the border with British Columbia was ...

a mountain range

a shallow sea

an underwater trench

a fluvial landform

Mountain formations that undergo more than one process are called ...

complex

compound

multi-faulted

transform

The collision of the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate caused the Pacific plate to slip under the
North American Plate. At the same time, the force of the collision caused the North American plate to ...

slip and slide

fold and break

fold and separate

bend and compress

When older rock ends up on top of younger rock the mountains formed are called ...

thrust mountains

fault mountains

block mountains

fault block mountains

This factor might be the best way to determine the age of a mountain.

kinds of rocks

type of fault

shape of peak

difference between syncline and anticline

The downfold in the rock that is folded when pressure is placed on it is called ...

compression

fault block

anitcline

syncline

Alfred Wegner determined that the continents at one time all fit together to form one large supercontinent, called Pangaea. Their interlocking shapes and other evidence helped him form the Theory of Continental Drift. The other evidence included ALL of the following, EXCEPT...

Glossopteris fossils

Folded mountains

Glacial deposits

Gold deposits

Glaciers once existed in the southern hemisphere. The evidence Wegener found to prove this were the ...

morraines found

erratics found

bedrock abrasions

ice caves

The science community rejected Wegener’s idea because they believed that mountains formed when the crust wrinkled like the skin of a dried-up ...

apple

pear

grape

orange

The ocean floor has been mapped out in detail and provided interesting patterns. Scientists noted that
volcanoes and earthquakes tended to occur in the ...

deep trenches of the ocean

vast plains of the ocean floor

same areas around the word

continents that fit together

Mountain ranges were discovered along the ocean floor. These mountain ranges are called ...

trenches

ridges

pillow lava

abyss

Because rock is moving away from the mountain ranges found along the mid-Atlantic ridge, new rock is
being formed. This sea-floor spreading indicates that rock nearest the continents is ...

older

younger

softer

harder

The place where tectonic plates meet is called a ...

transform

convergence

boundary

divergence

A place where two tectonic plates slide past each other is called a ...

transform boundary

diverging boundary

converging boundary

subduction boundary

A converging boundary can happen where two continental plates are crushing together and the edges are being pushed up. The highest mountain range in the world developing in this way is the ..

Alps

Rockies

Appalachians

Himalayans

Over 500 million years ago Alberta was tropical and the border with British Columbia was ...

a mountain range

a shallow sea

an underwater trench

a fluvial landform

Mountain formations that undergo more than one process are called ...

complex

compound

multi-faulted

transform

The collision of the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate caused the Pacific plate to slip under the
North American Plate. At the same time, the force of the collision caused the North American plate to ...

slip and slide

fold and break

fold and separate

bend and compress

When older rock ends up on top of younger rock the mountains formed are called ...

thrust mountains

fault mountains

block mountains

fault block mountains

This factor might be the best way to determine the age of a mountain.

kinds of rocks

type of fault

shape of peak

difference between syncline and anticline

The downfold in the rock that is folded when pressure is placed on it is called ...

compression

fault block

anitcline

syncline

Gr. 7- Planet Earth: Section 3.0 Quiz

Gr. 7- Planet Earth: Section 3.0 Quiz

Section 3 – Landforms provide evidence of change

3.1 Continental Drift

Section 3 – Landforms provide evidence of change

3.1 Continental Drift

Alfred Wegner determined that the continents at one time all fit together to form one large supercontinent, called Pangaea. Their interlocking shapes and other evidence helped him form the Theory of Continental Drift. The other evidence included ALL of the following, EXCEPT...

Glaciers once existed in the southern hemisphere. The evidence Wegener found to prove this were the ...

The science community rejected Wegener’s idea because they believed that mountains formed when the crust wrinkled like the skin of a dried-up ...

The ocean floor has been mapped out in detail and provided interesting patterns. Scientists noted thatvolcanoes and earthquakes tended to occur in the ...

Mountain ranges were discovered along the ocean floor. These mountain ranges are called ...

Because rock is moving away from the mountain ranges found along the mid-Atlantic ridge, new rock isbeing formed. This sea-floor spreading indicates that rock nearest the continents is ...

The place where tectonic plates meet is called a ...

A place where two tectonic plates slide past each other is called a ...

A converging boundary can happen where two continental plates are crushing together and the edges are being pushed up. The highest mountain range in the world developing in this way is the ..

Over 500 million years ago Alberta was tropical and the border with British Columbia was ...

Mountain formations that undergo more than one process are called ...

The collision of the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate caused the Pacific plate to slip under theNorth American Plate. At the same time, the force of the collision caused the North American plate to ...

When older rock ends up on top of younger rock the mountains formed are called ...

This factor might be the best way to determine the age of a mountain.

The downfold in the rock that is folded when pressure is placed on it is called ...

The ocean floor has been mapped out in detail and provided interesting patterns. Scientists noted that
volcanoes and earthquakes tended to occur in the ...

Because rock is moving away from the mountain ranges found along the mid-Atlantic ridge, new rock is
being formed. This sea-floor spreading indicates that rock nearest the continents is ...

The collision of the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate caused the Pacific plate to slip under the
North American Plate. At the same time, the force of the collision caused the North American plate to ...