Earthquakes — Unit test Answers

Which indicates how evidence of climate change supports the theory of continental drift?

Study the diagram showing the range of temperature in the Earth’s layers.

Which statement best describes the theory of plate tectonics?

Which statement describes one of Wegener’s ideas that contributed to the theory of continental drift?

Which increases along faults and leads to rock breaking?

This image shows a volcanic eruption in Hawaii with lava flowing into the sea.

Which type of stress causes rocks to fold?

The image shows mountains in Alaska.

What may occur when convergent boundaries interact?

Which feature forms when magma cools beneath Earth’s surface?

Which statement describes seismic waves?

Which is one type of evidence that geologists usually study?

The image shows a mountain peak in Asia.

How did Wegener explain why fossils of land animals were found on continents that are across oceans from one another?

When were Earth’s landmasses first recognizable as the continents we know today?

Which is one step that geologists use to find the epicenter of an earthquake?

Which plate forms a boundary with the African Plate?

The image shows the Great Rift Valley in Africa, an example of a rift valley.

In which layer of the Earth does the motion of the convection currents drive plate movement?

The image below shows a fault.