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Earth Science Test
🌍 Part 1: Earth's Structure and Plate Tectonics
1. Which layer of Earth is the thickest?
Crust
Mantle
Outer core
Inner core
2. What type of plate boundary creates new ocean floor?
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subduction zone
3. What was Pangea?
A supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
The first ocean on Earth
A type of volcano
The center of Earth
4. Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
Charles Darwin
Alfred Wegener
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
5. At which type of plate boundary do most earthquakes occur?
Divergent boundaries only
Transform boundaries only
All types of plate boundaries
Only in the ocean
6. Which seismic wave travels faster?
P waves (primary waves)
S waves (secondary waves)
They travel at the same speed
It depends on the earthquake size
🌊 Part 2: Natural Disasters and Volcanic Activity
7. What causes a tsunami?
Strong winds
Underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions
High tides
Heavy rainfall
8. The Ring of Fire is located around which ocean?
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
9. What type of rock is formed when lava cools and hardens?
Sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock
Igneous rock
Fossil rock
10. Which evidence did Wegener use to support continental drift?
Matching fossils on different continents
Similar rock formations across oceans
Puzzle-like fit of continents
All of the above
11. S waves can travel through:
Solids and liquids
Solids only
Liquids only
Gases only
12. Most volcanoes are found:
At plate boundaries
In the center of continents
Only underwater
At the North and South Poles
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