Ees 17-20 Doug McMillion
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What is the hypothesis that Earth's continents had once been joined together as a single landmass? A. Continental drift B. sea floor spreading C. Transform boundary D. Fault
A. Continental drift Pg. 444
Who created the hypothesis of continental drift? A. Abraham Ortelius B. Albert Einstein C. Eduard Suess D. Alfred Wegner
D. Alfred Wegner Pg. 444
What was the supercontinent called? A. Viscosity B. Pangea C. Vent D. Crater
B. Pangea Pg. 444
What is a device that can detect small changes in magnetic fields? A. Barometer B. sonar C. Magnetometer D. Thermometer
C. Magnetometer Pg. 448
What is a change in Earth's magnetic field? A. Magnetic reversal B. magnetic field C. Convergent boundary D. Hot spot
A. Magnetic reversal Pg. 451
What is the study of the magnetic record? A. Geology B. astronomy C. Paleomagnetism D. Oceanography
C. Paleomagnetism. Pg. 451
What is a line on a map that connects points that have the same age? A. Viscosity B. Isochron C. Fault D. Hot spot
B. Isochron Pg. 452
What theory states that new ocean crust is formed at ocean ridges and destroyed at deep sea trenches? A. Continental drift B. pyroclastic flow C. Subduction D. Sea floor spreading
D. Sea floor spreading Pg. 453
What theory states that Earth's crust and rigid upper mantle are broken into enourmous slabs called plates? A. Pyroclastic flow B. subduction C. Theory of plate tectonics D. Transform boundary
C. Theory of plate tectonics. Pg. 455
What are places where two tectonic plates are moving apart? A. Transform boundary B. divergent boundaries C. Convergent boundary. D. Rift zones
B. divergent boundaries. Pg 456
What is it called when continental crust begins to separate and the stretched crust forms a long narrow depression? A. Rift Valley B. continental drift C convergent boundary D. Transform boundary
A. Rift Valley Pg 456
What are places where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other? A. Divergent boundary. B. transform boundary. C. Rift Valley D. Convergent boundary
D. Convergent boundary Pg 457
What's it called when one of the two plates is descending beneath the other? A. Crater B. vent C. Subduction D. Fault
C. Subduction Pg 457
WhAt is it called when two plates slide horizontally past each other? A. Convergent boundary. B. transform boundary. C. Divergent boundary D. Hot spot
B. transform boundary Pg. 459
What is the internal resistance to flow? A. Viscosity B. pillow basalt C. Hot spot D. Fault
A. Viscosity Pg. 474
What is intrusive igneous rock bodies called? A. Fault B. hot spot C. Batholiths D. Plutons
D. Plutons Pg. 476
What are the largest Plutons called? A. Hot spot B. batholiths C. Faults D. Craters
B. batholiths Pg 476
What. Are irregularly shaped Plutons that are similar to batholiths but smaller in size called? A. Stocks B. crater C. Fault D. Hot spot
A. Stocks Pg. 478
What is a mushroom shaped pluton with a round top and flat bottom called? A. Hot spot B. fault C. Pillow basalt D. Laccolith
D. Laccolith Pg. 478
What is a pluton that forms when magma intrudes parallel to layers of rock? A. Vent B. sill C. Fault D. Hot spot
B. sill Pg. 477
What is a pluton that cuts across preexisting rocks called? A. Viscosity B. subduction C. Magma D. Dike
D. Dike Pg. 478
What is an opening in Earth's crust? A. Vent B. crater C. Subduction D. Hot spot
A. Vent Pg. 480
What is a bowl shaped depression called? A. Cinder cone volcano B. crater C. Composite volcano D. Shield volcano
B. crater Pg 480
What are rock fragments thrown into the air during a volcanic eruption called? A. Volcanic ash B. magma C. Tephra D. Pillow basalt
C. Tephra Pg. 483