The structure of the earth

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3º de ESO Biología y Geología Test sobre The structure of the earth, creado por HELENA DURBAN BATLLORI el 21/04/2018.
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
-Wegener suggested that the boundaries of the continents seemed to fit together. In which case is it most evident?
Respuesta
  • Between Africa and North America.
  • Between America and South of Africa.
  • Between Africa and South America

Pregunta 2

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Where have fossil organisms, which are identical and lived more than 100 million years ago, been discovered?
Respuesta
  • In different countries.
  • In the Atlantic ocean.
  • On different landmasses that today are separated by thousands of kilometers of open ocean.

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
What phenomenon transports the geothermal energy from the Earth's core to the surface?
Respuesta
  • Core convection
  • The mantle
  • Convective flow.

Pregunta 4

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Why are the materials of the deeper layers of the mantle descending?
Respuesta
  • Because they are hot and therefore are less dense than the materials that are above them.
  • Because they are cold and are more dense than the materials above them
  • Because they are hot and more dense than the materials that have below them.

Pregunta 5

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What is the energy that is stored under the earth's surface called?
Respuesta
  • Geothermal gradient
  • Geothermal energy
  • Both a and b are correct

Pregunta 6

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What is the internal substance that is coming out of the volcanoe called?
Respuesta
  • Crystal rocks
  • Magma
  • Lava

Pregunta 7

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What is lava made of?
Respuesta
  • Crystals, bubbles and volcanic glass
  • Crystal rocks and volcanic glass
  • Magma

Pregunta 8

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What happens in divergent boundaries?
Respuesta
  • New lithosphere is formed
  • New asthenosphere is formed
  • Lithosphere is neither produced nor destroyed

Pregunta 9

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What does the flow from the asthenosphere, in a transform boundary, do?
Respuesta
  • It destroys some lithosphere
  • It pushes the plates in opposites directions
  • It destroys some asthenosphere

Pregunta 10

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Is there a natural magnetic field which goes through the earth?
Respuesta
  • True
  • False
  • Neither a nor b are correct

Pregunta 11

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How long does a tectonic plate move in one year?
Respuesta
  • 1 - 20 cm
  • 2 -40 cm
  • 1-18 cm

Pregunta 12

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The study of seismic waves has revealed that there is an existence of five concentric layers, which order is correct?
Respuesta
  • Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core.
  • Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, inner core, medium core.
  • Lithosphere, mesosphere, asthenosphere, medium core, outer core.

Pregunta 13

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Why do mechanical properties of rocks change with depth?
Respuesta
  • Because of temperature and heat
  • Because of temperature and pressure
  • All of the above are correct

Pregunta 14

Pregunta
What type of boundary is non-existent?
Respuesta
  • Divergent boundary
  • Transform fault boundary
  • Convert boundary

Pregunta 15

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When was San Andreas fault formed?
Respuesta
  • 15 Million years ago
  • 3O Million years ago
  • 5 Million yeas ago

Pregunta 16

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How many tectonic plates are there in the earth’s lithosphere?
Respuesta
  • 15
  • 16
  • 7

Pregunta 17

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What is the name of the tectonic plate that surrounds the continent of Africa?
Respuesta
  • Antarctic plate
  • Scotia plate
  • African plate

Pregunta 18

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Which boundary produces volcanoes?
Respuesta
  • Continental-Oceanic
  • Oceanic-Oceanic
  • Continental-Continental

Pregunta 19

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Why does the temperature increase in the sunken plate?
Respuesta
  • Because of the pressure and friction
  • Pressure
  • Friction

Pregunta 20

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What is the function of the Earth's magnetic field?
Respuesta
  • Protects the Earth from solar wind and cosmic rays.
  • It orientates you to the magnetic South Pole and the geographic North Pole.
  • Provides movement for the Earth.

Pregunta 21

Pregunta
The tectonic plates move slowly. In one year the tectonic plates move between 10 and 24 centimeters. True or False?
Respuesta
  • True
  • No, tectonic plates move quickly, within a year, they move between 10 and 24 centimeters
  • No. Tectonic plates move slowly, in one year, they move between 1 and 18 centimeters.

Pregunta 22

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Where is the lithosphere located?
Respuesta
  • At the top of the Geosphere
  • Between the Asthenosphere and the mesosphere
  • Between the Outer Core and the Mesosphere

Pregunta 23

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How many degrees is the inner core?
Respuesta
  • 7000 C
  • 5400 C
  • 5800 C

Pregunta 24

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How did we find out about the composition of the geosphere?
Respuesta
  • By studying data from seismic waves
  • By gathering information from the past
  • By analyzing samples obtained from drills

Pregunta 25

Pregunta
How many kms do we have to drill to get into the Earth?
Respuesta
  • 10-20 km
  • 30-50 km
  • 75-100 km

Pregunta 26

Pregunta
The earth's magnetic field protects the earth from what?
Respuesta
  • Solar wind and radiation
  • Solar wind and cosmic rays
  • Solar wind, cosmic rays and radiation

Pregunta 27

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What is the lithosphere?
Respuesta
  • It is a layer formed by approximately fifteen independent pieces
  • It is a continuous layer
  • It is a continuous layer formed by tectonic plates

Pregunta 28

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Which of the 3 convergent boundaries has a subduction zone?
Respuesta
  • Continental-Continental
  • Continental-Oceanic
  • Oceanic-Oceanic

Pregunta 29

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What produces the Continental-Continental when plates become deformed?
Respuesta
  • Mountains are formed
  • A chain of volcanic islands are formed
  • Mountain systems coasts and volcanoes are formed

Pregunta 30

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What are volcanoes?
Respuesta
  • An example of direct methods
  • An example of indirect methods
  • A type of energy

Pregunta 31

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What is the energy that is stored under the earth’s surface called?
Respuesta
  • Earthquakes
  • Geothermal energy
  • Volcanic eruptions

Pregunta 32

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What is the core composed of?
Respuesta
  • Nickel
  • Nickel and iron
  • Iron and magnesium

Pregunta 33

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What is the deepest and thickest layer in the geosphere?
Respuesta
  • -Core
  • -Crust
  • -Mantle

Pregunta 34

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What generates the Earth's magnetic field?
Respuesta
  • The motion of the liquid outer core around the solid inner core
  • -The motion of the solid inner core around the liquid outer core
  • The motion of the solid inner core

Pregunta 35

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What is the cause of Convection Movements?
Respuesta
  • The difference between temperature in the lithosphere and the core
  • The fact that the lithosphere and the core have the same temperature
  • - None of the above is correct

Pregunta 36

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What is produced in the Oceanic-Continental Convergent plate?
Respuesta
  • subduction zon
  • oceanic zone
  • volcanic zone

Pregunta 37

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What are the results of the convergence of two continental margins?
Respuesta
  • The formation of high mountain ranges
  • Oceanic formation
  • Convergent boundaries

Pregunta 38

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What is the increase in temperature with depth called?
Respuesta
  • Geothermal energy
  • Geothermal gradient
  • None of the above

Pregunta 39

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What is one example of the indirect method?
Respuesta
  • Volcanos
  • Seismic waves
  • All of the above

Pregunta 40

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What evidence states that the south part of the continent was formed by glaciers?
Respuesta
  • Geological evidence
  • Paleoclimatological evidence
  • Paleontological evidence

Pregunta 41

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What is also known as the lower mantle?
Respuesta
  • Mesosphere
  • Inner core
  • Lithosphere

Pregunta 42

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What is the geosphere made of?
Respuesta
  • Different layers with the same material.
  • Different layers with different material.
  • Both a and b are correct

Pregunta 43

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What is the layer of the outer core composed of?
Respuesta
  • Liquid
  • Semiliquid
  • Both a and b are correct

Pregunta 44

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What is the crust?
Respuesta
  • The earth's inner and outer rocky layer
  • The earth's thickest layer
  • The only layer in the earth

Pregunta 45

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How are seismic waves produced?
Respuesta
  • earthquakes
  • volcanic eruptions
  • wind

Pregunta 46

Pregunta
What does the speed of seismic waves depend on?
Respuesta
  • The properties of the materials they pass through
  • The velocity
  • The weather

Pregunta 47

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What causes convection?
Respuesta
  • The hot temperature of the lithosphere
  • The difference in temperatures between the lithosphere and the outer core
  • The difference in temperatures between the materials in a layer.

Pregunta 48

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How is the earth’s magnetic field formed?
Respuesta
  • The motion of the liquid core around the solid inner core
  • The motion of the liquid outer core aro un the solid inner core
  • The motion of the liquid outer core inside the solid inner core

Pregunta 49

Pregunta
How many times has the earth’s magnetic field changed over the last 4.5 million years?
Respuesta
  • 30 times
  • 20 times
  • 10 times

Pregunta 50

Pregunta
What generates the earth’s magnetic field?
Respuesta
  • The motion of the liquid outer core around the solid inner core
  • The liquid outer core
  • The solid inner core

Pregunta 51

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Which are the types of tectonic plates?
Respuesta
  • Horizontal and vertical
  • Hydraulic and horizontal
  • Vertical and hydraulic

Pregunta 52

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How does the material in the lithosphere move?
Respuesta
  • It flows slowly
  • It flows quickly
  • There is no movement and no flow

Pregunta 53

Pregunta
How fast do the tectonic plates travel?
Respuesta
  • 1cm/year
  • 1m/year
  • 1cm/month

Pregunta 54

Pregunta
In convergent boundaries, what happens to the tectonic plate that is forced under the less dense plate?
Respuesta
  • It evaporates
  • It melts
  • It stays at the same
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