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Quiz por HELENA DURBAN BATLLORI, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por HELENA DURBAN BATLLORI
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Questão 1
Questão
-Wegener suggested that the boundaries of the continents seemed to fit together. In which case is it most evident?
Responda
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Between Africa and North America.
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Between America and South of Africa.
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Between Africa and South America
Questão 2
Questão
Where have fossil organisms, which are identical and lived more than 100 million years ago, been discovered?
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In different countries.
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In the Atlantic ocean.
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On different landmasses that today are separated by thousands of kilometers of open ocean.
Questão 3
Questão
What phenomenon transports the geothermal energy from the Earth's core to the surface?
Responda
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Core convection
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The mantle
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Convective flow.
Questão 4
Questão
Why are the materials of the deeper layers of the mantle descending?
Responda
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Because they are hot and therefore are less dense than the materials that are above them.
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Because they are cold and are more dense than the materials above them
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Because they are hot and more dense than the materials that have below them.
Questão 5
Questão
What is the energy that is stored under the earth's surface called?
Responda
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Geothermal gradient
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Geothermal energy
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Both a and b are correct
Questão 6
Questão
What is the internal substance that is coming out of the volcanoe called?
Responda
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Crystal rocks
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Magma
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Lava
Questão 7
Questão
What is lava made of?
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Crystals, bubbles and volcanic glass
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Crystal rocks and volcanic glass
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Magma
Questão 8
Questão
What happens in divergent boundaries?
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New lithosphere is formed
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New asthenosphere is formed
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Lithosphere is neither produced nor destroyed
Questão 9
Questão
What does the flow from the asthenosphere, in a transform boundary, do?
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It destroys some lithosphere
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It pushes the plates in opposites directions
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It destroys some asthenosphere
Questão 10
Questão
Is there a natural magnetic field which goes through the earth?
Responda
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True
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False
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Neither a nor b are correct
Questão 11
Questão
How long does a tectonic plate move in one year?
Responda
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1 - 20 cm
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2 -40 cm
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1-18 cm
Questão 12
Questão
The study of seismic waves has revealed that there is an existence of five concentric layers, which order is correct?
Responda
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Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core.
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Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, inner core, medium core.
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Lithosphere, mesosphere, asthenosphere, medium core, outer core.
Questão 13
Questão
Why do mechanical properties of rocks change with depth?
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Because of temperature and heat
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Because of temperature and pressure
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All of the above are correct
Questão 14
Questão
What type of boundary is non-existent?
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Divergent boundary
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Transform fault boundary
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Convert boundary
Questão 15
Questão
When was San Andreas fault formed?
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15 Million years ago
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3O Million years ago
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5 Million yeas ago
Questão 16
Questão
How many tectonic plates are there in the earth’s lithosphere?
Responda
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15
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16
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7
Questão 17
Questão
What is the name of the tectonic plate that surrounds the continent of Africa?
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Antarctic plate
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Scotia plate
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African plate
Questão 18
Questão
Which boundary produces volcanoes?
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Continental-Oceanic
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Oceanic-Oceanic
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Continental-Continental
Questão 19
Questão
Why does the temperature increase in the sunken plate?
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Because of the pressure and friction
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Pressure
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Friction
Questão 20
Questão
What is the function of the Earth's magnetic field?
Responda
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Protects the Earth from solar wind and cosmic rays.
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It orientates you to the magnetic South Pole and the geographic North Pole.
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Provides movement for the Earth.
Questão 21
Questão
The tectonic plates move slowly. In one year the tectonic plates move between 10 and 24 centimeters. True or False?
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True
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No, tectonic plates move quickly, within a year, they move between 10 and 24 centimeters
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No. Tectonic plates move slowly, in one year, they move between 1 and 18 centimeters.
Questão 22
Questão
Where is the lithosphere located?
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At the top of the Geosphere
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Between the Asthenosphere and the mesosphere
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Between the Outer Core and the Mesosphere
Questão 23
Questão
How many degrees is the inner core?
Responda
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7000 C
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5400 C
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5800 C
Questão 24
Questão
How did we find out about the composition of the geosphere?
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By studying data from seismic waves
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By gathering information from the past
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By analyzing samples obtained from drills
Questão 25
Questão
How many kms do we have to drill to get into the Earth?
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10-20 km
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30-50 km
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75-100 km
Questão 26
Questão
The earth's magnetic field protects the earth from what?
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Solar wind and radiation
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Solar wind and cosmic rays
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Solar wind, cosmic rays and radiation
Questão 27
Questão
What is the lithosphere?
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It is a layer formed by approximately fifteen independent pieces
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It is a continuous layer
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It is a continuous layer formed by tectonic plates
Questão 28
Questão
Which of the 3 convergent boundaries has a subduction zone?
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Continental-Continental
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Continental-Oceanic
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Oceanic-Oceanic
Questão 29
Questão
What produces the Continental-Continental when plates become deformed?
Responda
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Mountains are formed
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A chain of volcanic islands are formed
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Mountain systems coasts and volcanoes are formed
Questão 30
Questão
What are volcanoes?
Responda
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An example of direct methods
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An example of indirect methods
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A type of energy
Questão 31
Questão
What is the energy that is stored under the earth’s surface called?
Responda
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Earthquakes
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Geothermal energy
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Volcanic eruptions
Questão 32
Questão
What is the core composed of?
Responda
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Nickel
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Nickel and iron
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Iron and magnesium
Questão 33
Questão
What is the deepest and thickest layer in the geosphere?
Responda
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-Core
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-Crust
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-Mantle
Questão 34
Questão
What generates the Earth's magnetic field?
Responda
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The motion of the liquid outer core around the solid inner core
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-The motion of the solid inner core around the liquid outer core
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The motion of the solid inner core
Questão 35
Questão
What is the cause of Convection Movements?
Responda
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The difference between temperature in the lithosphere and the core
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The fact that the lithosphere and the core have the same temperature
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- None of the above is correct
Questão 36
Questão
What is produced in the Oceanic-Continental Convergent plate?
Responda
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subduction zon
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oceanic zone
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volcanic zone
Questão 37
Questão
What are the results of the convergence of two continental margins?
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The formation of high mountain ranges
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Oceanic formation
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Convergent boundaries
Questão 38
Questão
What is the increase in temperature with depth called?
Responda
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Geothermal energy
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Geothermal gradient
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None of the above
Questão 39
Questão
What is one example of the indirect method?
Responda
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Volcanos
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Seismic waves
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All of the above
Questão 40
Questão
What evidence states that the south part of the continent was formed by glaciers?
Responda
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Geological evidence
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Paleoclimatological evidence
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Paleontological evidence
Questão 41
Questão
What is also known as the lower mantle?
Responda
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Mesosphere
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Inner core
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Lithosphere
Questão 42
Questão
What is the geosphere made of?
Responda
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Different layers with the same material.
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Different layers with different material.
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Both a and b are correct
Questão 43
Questão
What is the layer of the outer core composed of?
Responda
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Liquid
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Semiliquid
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Both a and b are correct
Questão 44
Questão
What is the crust?
Responda
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The earth's inner and outer rocky layer
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The earth's thickest layer
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The only layer in the earth
Questão 45
Questão
How are seismic waves produced?
Responda
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earthquakes
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volcanic eruptions
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wind
Questão 46
Questão
What does the speed of seismic waves depend on?
Responda
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The properties of the materials they pass through
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The velocity
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The weather
Questão 47
Questão
What causes convection?
Responda
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The hot temperature of the lithosphere
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The difference in temperatures between the lithosphere and the outer core
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The difference in temperatures between the materials in a layer.
Questão 48
Questão
How is the earth’s magnetic field formed?
Responda
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The motion of the liquid core around the solid inner core
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The motion of the liquid outer core aro un the solid inner core
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The motion of the liquid outer core inside the solid inner core
Questão 49
Questão
How many times has the earth’s magnetic field changed over the last 4.5 million years?
Responda
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30 times
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20 times
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10 times
Questão 50
Questão
What generates the earth’s magnetic field?
Responda
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The motion of the liquid outer core around the solid inner core
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The liquid outer core
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The solid inner core
Questão 51
Questão
Which are the types of tectonic plates?
Responda
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Horizontal and vertical
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Hydraulic and horizontal
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Vertical and hydraulic
Questão 52
Questão
How does the material in the lithosphere move?
Responda
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It flows slowly
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It flows quickly
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There is no movement and no flow
Questão 53
Questão
How fast do the tectonic plates travel?
Responda
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1cm/year
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1m/year
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1cm/month
Questão 54
Questão
In convergent boundaries, what happens to the tectonic plate that is forced under the less dense plate?
Responda
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It evaporates
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It melts
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It stays at the same
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