Fawcett Earth Processes Quiz 1
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| Name 3 pieces of evidence Alfred Wegener used to support his theory of continental drift. | Evidence:
• similar fossil evidence on different continents
• the appearance of matching coastlines of continents
• glacial deposits of the same age and type found on different continents
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| What name did Wegener give to the supercontinent? | Pangaea
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| The crust is made from what materials? | solid rock and soil
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| The mantle is made from what material? | molten rock
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| The core is made from what material? | iron and nickel
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| Which of the following layers is the hottest? | inner core
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| Which of the following layers is the densest? | inner core
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| Which of the following layers is the thickest? | mantle
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| What is the difference between a rock and a mineral? | Minerals are the building blocks of rocks. They are just one material.
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| Which material would be deposited first; soil, gravel, or sand? | Gravel
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| What is mechanical weathering? | The physical breakdown of rocks
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| What is erosion? | When particles of rocks are carried away
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| What is lithification? | When sediment is cemented together to form a sedimentary rock
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| What is chemical weathering? | The breakdown of rocks caused by chemical reactions with other substances
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