Chapter 1 Test

The Earth: A Dynamic Planet

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1-4. Label the four layers of the Earth.

 

Matching Vocabulary I
5,   _____ subduction zone  A Pieces of the crust that "float" on the mantle.
6.  _____ convection currents  B The only ocean on Earth 250 million years ago.
7 . _____ Pangea  C Movements in a material caused by hotter material rising and cooler material sinking.
8 . _____ Plates  D Supercontinent 250 million years ago
9 . _____Panthalassa  E Area where two plates are colliding. One plate is pushed down under the other plate.


Matching Vocabulary II
10. ______Magma A The northern half of Pangea after it split apart.
11. ______Continental Drift Theory  B The deepest places on the surface of the Earth. They are located at subduction zones.
12. ______Mid-ocean ridge  C Molten rock below the surface of the Earth
13. _____ Laurasia  D Place where two plates are separating. These plates are moving in opposite directions making the oceans larger.
14. _____Trenches  E The idea that the Earth's plates are "floating" on the mantle and have been for millions of years.

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