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EARTH'S BEGINNING
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1About 61% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water.
- ATrue
- BFalse
2The hydrosphere is the liquid part of the Earth.
- ATrue
- BFalse
3The upper mantle and the crust comprise the lithosphere.
- ATrue
- BFalse
4The earth is about 6 billion years old.
- ATrue
- BFalse
5Oxygen is the biggest amount of gas that surrounds the Earth.
- ATrue
- BFalse
6Asthenosphere is a zone of Earth’s mantle lying beneath the lithosphere.
- ATrue
- BFalse
7Mantle is the middle layer of the Earth.
- ATrue
- BFalse
8The core is made of rocky materials.
- ATrue
- BFalse
9Cryosphere means the place on Earth where water is in its solid form, frozen into ice or snow.
- ATrue
- BFalse
1071% of Nitrogen is in the atmosphere.
- ATrue
- BFalse
11Alfred [blank_start]_____________[blank_end] discovered the supercontinent.
- AWegener
12The supercontinent that existed millions of years ago is called [blank_start]_______.[blank_end]
- APangaea
13How do scientists learn about the interior (center) of the earth?
- ABeltometer
- BSeismic Waves
- CGPS
- DIntensity Scale
14The observation that the continents fit together like puzzle pieces, and may once have been connected, led Alfred Wegener to propose a theory in 1910 called [blank_start]_________.[blank_end]
- AWandering continents
- BContinental plowing
- CContinental drift
- DShape matching of continent
15Which of the following scientific bases supported Continental Drift Theory?
- Amatching fossil plant remains found on two different continents
- Bthe remarkable fit of some continents
- Cnearly identical sedimentary rock types of same age in widely separated locations
- Dall of the above
16According to Continental Drift Theory, the continents move [blank_start]_______[blank_end] per year.
- A2.5 cm
17Which two continents is said to be fit together?
- AAustralia and Antarctica
- BEurope and Asia
- CSouth America and Africa
- DNorth America and Europe
18Plate Tectonic Theory states that [blank_start]_____________[blank_end] is made up of separate pieces or plates, that move with respect to each other.
- AAsthenosphere
- BLithosphere
- CCryosphere
- DHydrosphere
19According to Plate Tectonic Theory, the plates can move about 10 inches per year.
- ATrue
- BFalse
20Which of the following is not a type of plate boundaries?
- ATransform boundaries
- BTransport boundaries
- CConvergent boundaries
- DDivergent boundaries
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- Composition, structure and theories
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- rochelle delos santos
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- English
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