5C Quiz

Question 1

__________is the study of earths bedrock,earthquakes,volcanoes, and mountains, and the forces and processes that formed them

Answer 1

Tectonics

Question 2

geologists call a down ward fold, like a trough or bowl, a _______

Answer 2

Syncline

Question 3

the_______ theory did a poor job explaining where mountains come from

Answer 3

Geosyncline theory

Question 4

geologists have identified many _______ _______ that make up the earths crust

Answer 4

tectonic plates

Question 5

______ _____ published several papers on his continental displacement theory

Answer 5

Alfred Wegener

Question 6

many geologists have noticed many ________ along edges of some ocean basins

Answer 6

deep trenches called mid-ocean ridges

Question 7

_______ oozes up through a spreading crack in the ocean basin crust, called a rift slowly pull away, more ______ pushes up from below to take its place

Answer 7

magma

Question 8

_______ is the theory that the outer rigid layer of the earth (the lithosphere) is divided into a couple of dozen “plates” that move around across the earth’s surface relative to each other, like slabs of ice on a lake.

Answer 8

Plate tectonics

Question 9

_________ is a plate tectonics that fits well with the bibles flood account

Answer 9

catastrophic plate tectonics

Question 10

The theory that continents used to fit together like egg shells and drifted apart

Answer 10

The continental drift theory

Question 11

A crack in the ocean basin crust is called a ________

Answer 11

Rift

Question 12

________ oozes up through the rifts

Answer 12

Magma

Question 13

The formation of new ocean crust at mid-ocean ridge is called _____-_______ spreading

Answer 13

Sea-floor