Section #: 22.2 Formation of the Crust and Continents

Practice Test
      
  1.Minerals with low densities crystallize from a magma at __________ denser minerals do.SC.D.1.4.2  
  a.   cooler temperatures than  
  b.   the same temperature as  
  c.   hotter temperatures than  
  d.   always 10 degrees less than  
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  2.What are areas called that contain cores of Archean and Proterozoic rock? SC.D.1.4.2  
  a.   Precambrian shields  
  b.   continental crust  
  c.   Archean shields  
  d.   Canadian shields  
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  3.How are microcontinents fused together? SC.D.1.4.2  
  a.   by seams called orogens  
  b.   the erosion of mountains  
  c.   by molten rock  
  d.   by seams called faults  
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  4.Why is the age of a zircon grain older than the age of the sandstone that it was found in? SC.D.1.4.3  
  a.   It is much less stable than the sandstone.  
  b.   because of the principle of included fragments  
  c.   It is much more stable than the sandstone.  
  d.   because of the principle of superposition  
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  5.What is the name of the first supercontinent? SC.D.1.4.3  
  a.   Baltica  
  b.   Pangaea  
  c.   Rodinia  
  d.   Laurentia  
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  6.What is the name of the Precambrian shield in North America? SC.D.1.4.2  
  a.   the Archean Shield  
  b.   the Canadian Shield  
  c.   the Proterozoic Shield  
  d.   the Northern Shield  
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  7.What continent existed around 1.8 billion years ago that now forms the core of modern North America? SC.D.1.4.3  
  a.   North America  
  b.   Rodinia  
  c.   Laurentia  
  d.   Pangaea  
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  8.According to the map, which areas of North America were most affected by the formation of the Canadian Shield? SC.D.1.4.3



 
  a.   the Southwest  
  b.   the Midwest  
  c.   the Pacific Coast  
  d.   Alaska  
  Hint    

 
   
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