The structure of the earth

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3º de ESO Biología y Geología Quiz sobre The structure of the earth, criado por HELENA DURBAN BATLLORI em 21-04-2018.
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Questão 1

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

Questão 2

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

Questão 3

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

Questão 4

Questão
Why are the materials of the deeper layers of the mantle descending?
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 5

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

Questão 6

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

Questão 7

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

Questão 8

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

Questão 9

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

Questão 10

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

Questão 11

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

Questão 12

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

Questão 13

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

Questão 14

Questão
What type of boundary is non-existent?
Responda
  • Divergent boundary
  • Transform fault boundary
  • Convert boundary

Questão 15

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

Questão 16

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

Questão 17

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

Questão 18

Questão
Which boundary produces volcanoes?
Responda
  • Continental-Oceanic
  • Oceanic-Oceanic
  • Continental-Continental

Questão 19

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

Questão 20

Questão
What is the function of the Earth's magnetic field?
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 21

Questão
The tectonic plates move slowly. In one year the tectonic plates move between 10 and 24 centimeters. True or False?
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 22

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

Questão 23

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

Questão 24

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

Questão 25

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

Questão 26

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

Questão 27

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

Questão 28

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

Questão 29

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

Questão 30

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

Questão 31

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

Questão 32

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

Questão 33

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

Questão 34

Questão
What generates the Earth's magnetic field?
Responda
  • 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

Questão 35

Questão
What is the cause of Convection Movements?
Responda
  • 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

Questão 36

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

Questão 37

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

Questão 38

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

Questão 39

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

Questão 40

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

Questão 41

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

Questão 42

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

Questão 43

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

Questão 44

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

Questão 45

Questão
How are seismic waves produced?
Responda
  • earthquakes
  • volcanic eruptions
  • wind

Questão 46

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

Questão 47

Questão
What causes convection?
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 48

Questão
How is the earth’s magnetic field formed?
Responda
  • 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

Questão 49

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

Questão 50

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

Questão 51

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

Questão 52

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

Questão 53

Questão
How fast do the tectonic plates travel?
Responda
  • 1cm/year
  • 1m/year
  • 1cm/month

Questão 54

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

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