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    I.

    MULTIPLE CHOICE

    1. Alfred Wegener is a German scientist who hypothesized that the Earth was once made up of a single
    large landmass called Pangaea. Which of the following theories did Wegener propose?
    a. Continental Drift Theory c. Plate Tectonics
    b. Continental Shift Theory d. Seafloor Spreading Theory
    2. The name given to the single landmass that was present 200 million
    a. Gondwanaland c. Laurasia
    b. Pangaea d. Eurasia
    3. A type of wave that can only travel through the surface of the Earth.
    a. P wave c. Body Waves
    b. S wave d. Surface Waves
    4. A type of wave that is faster than Rayleigh wave and it moves the ground in a side-to-side horizontal
    motion, like that of a snake’s causing the ground to twist.
    a. Love Wave c. P wave
    b. Raleigh Wave d. S wave
    5. He was one of the first people to note that the West coast of Africa and Europe seem to have a “jigsaw
    fit” with the Eastern seaboard of North and South America.
    a. Alfred Wegener c. Francis Bacon
    b. Albert Einstein d. Gregor Mendel
    6. Why are there no P-waves or S-waves received in the P-wave shadow zone?
    a. P-waves are absorbed and S-waves are refracted by Earth’s outer core.
    b. P-waves are refracted and S-waves are absorbed by Earth’s outer core.
    c. Both the P-waves and S-waves are refracted by Earth’s outer core.
    d. Both the P-waves and S-waves are absorbed by Earth’s outer core.
    7. What makes up the lithosphere?
    a. Continental crust c. Oceanic crust and continental crust
    b. Crust and the upper mantle d. Upper mantle
    8. If you are a cartographer, what will give you an idea that the continents were once joined?
    a. Ocean depth c. Shape of the continents
    b. Position of the south pole d. Size of the Atlantic Ocean
    9. This type of wave rolls along the ground just like a wave rolls across a lake or an ocean. Since it rolls, it
    moves the ground either up and down or side-to-side like the direction of the wave’s movement.
    a. Love Wave c. P wave
    b. Raleigh Wave d. S wave
    10. This is a type of body waves that its pulse energy travels quickly through the Earth and through liquids.
    a. Love Wave c. P wave
    b. Raleigh Wave d. S wave
    11. This type of wave can travel through the Earth’s inner layers
    a. Love Wave c. P wave
    b. Raleigh Wave d. S wave

    12. A pulse energy that travels slower than a P-wave through Earth and solids.
    a. Love Wave c. P wave
    b. Raleigh Wave d. S wave
    13. This type of wave cannot travel through any liquid medium
    a. Love Wave c. P wave
    b. Raleigh Wave d. S wave
    II. ESSAY
    Answer briefly the following questions. Express your answer in not more than 5 sentences.

    Rubrics for each item:


    5 points – correctness/relevance of thoughts, ideas based on question asked
    4 points – partially answered and partially correct
    3 points – attempted to answer but ideas are missing
    1-2 points – attempted to answer but ideas are wrong

    14. Enumerate and explain each layer of the Earth’s Interior


    15. What do the shapes of the continents now tell us about their past?
    16. Explain the Mohorovičić discontinuity
    17. Explain the Gutenberg discontinuity

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