Assessment – Chapter 8 – Quiz Questions #5
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1.      ____________________ Means “all land” & is the name for the great landmass that existed 245 million years ago.

2.      ____________________ Idea that the continents move aorund on Earth’s surface.

3.      ____________________ The study of Earth’s lithospheric plates.

4.      ____________________ Layer of Earth made of granite.

5.      ____________________ The sinking process that comletes the lower mantle convection cell.

6.      ____________________ What moves over the aesthenoshere.

7.      ____________________ Undersea features where new ocean floor is created.

8.      ____________________ Idea that Hess proposed.

9.      ____________________ Thin layer made of basalt.

10.  ____________________ Rises to the surface & may create a volcano.

11.  ____________________ Type of boundary where mountains form.

12.  ____________________Type of boundary where mid-ocean ridges form.

13.  ____________________Type of boundary where earthquakes & offsetting occur.

14.  ____________________ Feature created when one lithospheric plate subducts under another.

15.  ____________________ Type of rock created when sedimentary rocks are exposed to intense heat and pressure.

16.  How do fossils support the idea of continental drift?

17.  Where would you find the oldest and youngest rocks on the sea floor?

18.  List the 3 types of plate boundaries. California’s San Andreas Fault represents which type of boundary?