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The structure of the earth

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3º de ESO Biología y Geología Quiz am The structure of the earth, erstellt von HELENA DURBAN BATLLORI am 21/04/2018.
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Frage 1

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-Wegener suggested that the boundaries of the continents seemed to fit together. In which case is it most evident?
Antworten
  • Between Africa and North America.
  • Between America and South of Africa.
  • Between Africa and South America

Frage 2

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Where have fossil organisms, which are identical and lived more than 100 million years ago, been discovered?
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  • In different countries.
  • In the Atlantic ocean.
  • On different landmasses that today are separated by thousands of kilometers of open ocean.

Frage 3

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What phenomenon transports the geothermal energy from the Earth's core to the surface?
Antworten
  • Core convection
  • The mantle
  • Convective flow.

Frage 4

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Why are the materials of the deeper layers of the mantle descending?
Antworten
  • Because they are hot and therefore are less dense than the materials that are above them.
  • Because they are cold and are more dense than the materials above them
  • Because they are hot and more dense than the materials that have below them.

Frage 5

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What is the energy that is stored under the earth's surface called?
Antworten
  • Geothermal gradient
  • Geothermal energy
  • Both a and b are correct

Frage 6

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What is the internal substance that is coming out of the volcanoe called?
Antworten
  • Crystal rocks
  • Magma
  • Lava

Frage 7

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What is lava made of?
Antworten
  • Crystals, bubbles and volcanic glass
  • Crystal rocks and volcanic glass
  • Magma

Frage 8

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What happens in divergent boundaries?
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  • New lithosphere is formed
  • New asthenosphere is formed
  • Lithosphere is neither produced nor destroyed

Frage 9

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What does the flow from the asthenosphere, in a transform boundary, do?
Antworten
  • It destroys some lithosphere
  • It pushes the plates in opposites directions
  • It destroys some asthenosphere

Frage 10

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Is there a natural magnetic field which goes through the earth?
Antworten
  • True
  • False
  • Neither a nor b are correct

Frage 11

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How long does a tectonic plate move in one year?
Antworten
  • 1 - 20 cm
  • 2 -40 cm
  • 1-18 cm

Frage 12

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The study of seismic waves has revealed that there is an existence of five concentric layers, which order is correct?
Antworten
  • Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core.
  • Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, inner core, medium core.
  • Lithosphere, mesosphere, asthenosphere, medium core, outer core.

Frage 13

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Why do mechanical properties of rocks change with depth?
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  • Because of temperature and heat
  • Because of temperature and pressure
  • All of the above are correct

Frage 14

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What type of boundary is non-existent?
Antworten
  • Divergent boundary
  • Transform fault boundary
  • Convert boundary

Frage 15

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When was San Andreas fault formed?
Antworten
  • 15 Million years ago
  • 3O Million years ago
  • 5 Million yeas ago

Frage 16

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How many tectonic plates are there in the earth’s lithosphere?
Antworten
  • 15
  • 16
  • 7

Frage 17

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What is the name of the tectonic plate that surrounds the continent of Africa?
Antworten
  • Antarctic plate
  • Scotia plate
  • African plate

Frage 18

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Which boundary produces volcanoes?
Antworten
  • Continental-Oceanic
  • Oceanic-Oceanic
  • Continental-Continental

Frage 19

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Why does the temperature increase in the sunken plate?
Antworten
  • Because of the pressure and friction
  • Pressure
  • Friction

Frage 20

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What is the function of the Earth's magnetic field?
Antworten
  • Protects the Earth from solar wind and cosmic rays.
  • It orientates you to the magnetic South Pole and the geographic North Pole.
  • Provides movement for the Earth.

Frage 21

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The tectonic plates move slowly. In one year the tectonic plates move between 10 and 24 centimeters. True or False?
Antworten
  • True
  • No, tectonic plates move quickly, within a year, they move between 10 and 24 centimeters
  • No. Tectonic plates move slowly, in one year, they move between 1 and 18 centimeters.

Frage 22

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Where is the lithosphere located?
Antworten
  • At the top of the Geosphere
  • Between the Asthenosphere and the mesosphere
  • Between the Outer Core and the Mesosphere

Frage 23

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How many degrees is the inner core?
Antworten
  • 7000 C
  • 5400 C
  • 5800 C

Frage 24

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How did we find out about the composition of the geosphere?
Antworten
  • By studying data from seismic waves
  • By gathering information from the past
  • By analyzing samples obtained from drills

Frage 25

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How many kms do we have to drill to get into the Earth?
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  • 10-20 km
  • 30-50 km
  • 75-100 km

Frage 26

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The earth's magnetic field protects the earth from what?
Antworten
  • Solar wind and radiation
  • Solar wind and cosmic rays
  • Solar wind, cosmic rays and radiation

Frage 27

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What is the lithosphere?
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  • It is a layer formed by approximately fifteen independent pieces
  • It is a continuous layer
  • It is a continuous layer formed by tectonic plates

Frage 28

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Which of the 3 convergent boundaries has a subduction zone?
Antworten
  • Continental-Continental
  • Continental-Oceanic
  • Oceanic-Oceanic

Frage 29

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What produces the Continental-Continental when plates become deformed?
Antworten
  • Mountains are formed
  • A chain of volcanic islands are formed
  • Mountain systems coasts and volcanoes are formed

Frage 30

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What are volcanoes?
Antworten
  • An example of direct methods
  • An example of indirect methods
  • A type of energy

Frage 31

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What is the energy that is stored under the earth’s surface called?
Antworten
  • Earthquakes
  • Geothermal energy
  • Volcanic eruptions

Frage 32

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What is the core composed of?
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  • Nickel
  • Nickel and iron
  • Iron and magnesium

Frage 33

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What is the deepest and thickest layer in the geosphere?
Antworten
  • -Core
  • -Crust
  • -Mantle

Frage 34

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What generates the Earth's magnetic field?
Antworten
  • The motion of the liquid outer core around the solid inner core
  • -The motion of the solid inner core around the liquid outer core
  • The motion of the solid inner core

Frage 35

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What is the cause of Convection Movements?
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  • The difference between temperature in the lithosphere and the core
  • The fact that the lithosphere and the core have the same temperature
  • - None of the above is correct

Frage 36

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What is produced in the Oceanic-Continental Convergent plate?
Antworten
  • subduction zon
  • oceanic zone
  • volcanic zone

Frage 37

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What are the results of the convergence of two continental margins?
Antworten
  • The formation of high mountain ranges
  • Oceanic formation
  • Convergent boundaries

Frage 38

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What is the increase in temperature with depth called?
Antworten
  • Geothermal energy
  • Geothermal gradient
  • None of the above

Frage 39

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What is one example of the indirect method?
Antworten
  • Volcanos
  • Seismic waves
  • All of the above

Frage 40

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What evidence states that the south part of the continent was formed by glaciers?
Antworten
  • Geological evidence
  • Paleoclimatological evidence
  • Paleontological evidence

Frage 41

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What is also known as the lower mantle?
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  • Mesosphere
  • Inner core
  • Lithosphere

Frage 42

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What is the geosphere made of?
Antworten
  • Different layers with the same material.
  • Different layers with different material.
  • Both a and b are correct

Frage 43

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What is the layer of the outer core composed of?
Antworten
  • Liquid
  • Semiliquid
  • Both a and b are correct

Frage 44

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What is the crust?
Antworten
  • The earth's inner and outer rocky layer
  • The earth's thickest layer
  • The only layer in the earth

Frage 45

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How are seismic waves produced?
Antworten
  • earthquakes
  • volcanic eruptions
  • wind

Frage 46

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What does the speed of seismic waves depend on?
Antworten
  • The properties of the materials they pass through
  • The velocity
  • The weather

Frage 47

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What causes convection?
Antworten
  • The hot temperature of the lithosphere
  • The difference in temperatures between the lithosphere and the outer core
  • The difference in temperatures between the materials in a layer.

Frage 48

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How is the earth’s magnetic field formed?
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  • The motion of the liquid core around the solid inner core
  • The motion of the liquid outer core aro un the solid inner core
  • The motion of the liquid outer core inside the solid inner core

Frage 49

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How many times has the earth’s magnetic field changed over the last 4.5 million years?
Antworten
  • 30 times
  • 20 times
  • 10 times

Frage 50

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What generates the earth’s magnetic field?
Antworten
  • The motion of the liquid outer core around the solid inner core
  • The liquid outer core
  • The solid inner core

Frage 51

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Which are the types of tectonic plates?
Antworten
  • Horizontal and vertical
  • Hydraulic and horizontal
  • Vertical and hydraulic

Frage 52

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How does the material in the lithosphere move?
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  • It flows slowly
  • It flows quickly
  • There is no movement and no flow

Frage 53

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How fast do the tectonic plates travel?
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  • 1cm/year
  • 1m/year
  • 1cm/month

Frage 54

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In convergent boundaries, what happens to the tectonic plate that is forced under the less dense plate?
Antworten
  • It evaporates
  • It melts
  • It stays at the same
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