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Transcribed Image Text:o: he convergence of two continental plates would produce (SC.7.E.6.5)
island arcs.
b.
a.
rift valleys.
folded mountains.
d.
trenches
61. Base your answer to this question on the geologic cross section below. Overturning has not
Occurred. The dike and sills shown in the cross section are igneous intrusions. Which rock type is
the oldest? (SC.7.E.6.3)
a,
d.
C.
62. As Franklin is walking to school, he notices a new neighborhood being built. The first thing the
builders do is remove all of the trees. Which of the following effects would result from this action?
(SC.7.E.6.2)
a.
an increase in soil erosion
Б.
a creation of new plant species
a reduction in levels of pollution
d.
C.
a growth in the variety of animals
63. The map below indicates the possible locations of some of the Earth's continents in the past.
Greenland
North
Anierica
Europe
KEY
Alrica
mountains
rock layers
South
America
glacler-
scratched
bedrock
ndia
(Australla
Madagascan
Anlarctica
Which evidence best supports the idea that the land masses on earth were once in these
positions? (SC.7.E.6.5)
North America and India have matching mountain chains.
b. Madagascar and India have similar shapes.
C.
a.
Matching rock layers can be found in Africa and South America.
d. Bedrock in Australia and Greenland have glacier scratches.
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