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CBA #4-Midterm Review : Earth's Systems
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Which layer does the convection currents occur?
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer Core
Crust
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Why was Alfred Wegener's idea not taken seriously?
Mid-Ocean ridges with giant cracks called rifts.
Wegner did not have enough evidence to support his theory
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What is a Transform Boundary?
When two plates run into each other
When two plates slide horizontally past one another
When two plates pull away from each other
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What is a Divergent Boundary?
When two plates pull away from each other
When two plates slide horizontally past one another
When two plates run into each other
5
What were Alfred's evidences'?
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Puzzles
Volcanoes
Fossils, Mountains, & Glacial Deposits
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How do ancient glaciers provide evidence for Alfred Wegener's idea?
Evidence of fossils
Evidence from Mountain Ranges
Evidence of the direction of glacier movement
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Which evidence supports the idea that the landmasses on Earth were once in these positions?
North America & India have matching mountain chains
Matching rock layers can be found in Africa & South America
Madagascar & India have similar shapes
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Why was Alfred's theory accepted?
Tectonic Plates
Convection Currents
Plate Boundaries
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What is Pangaea?
What are you talking about?
Supercontinent
7 Continents
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Who came up the theory of Continental Drift?
Albert Einstein
Henry Hess
Alfred Wegener
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Who was Alfred Wegener?
Who?
Advanced the idea of Sea Floor Spreading
Advanced the idea of the Supercontinent he called Pangaea
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Which force is responsible for the movement of tectonic plates?
Electricity
Magnetism
Convection Currents
Gravity
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What type of plate movement results in mountain building?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
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The transform boundary on either side of the fault represents what....
The relative movement of tectonic plates
Rock formations
Volcanic eruptions
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What is a Convergent Boundary?
When two plates run into each other
When two plates pull away from each other
When two plates slide horizontally past one another
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What is subduction?
When two plates collide & the continental plate will subduct
When two plates move away from each other
When two plates slide past each other
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What causes the Ring of Fire?
It is located at the boundaries of tectonic plates
It is located where the major currents meet
It is located where the ocean temperature is the highest
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Looking(piece of crust is relatively thin¬ dense (Type of crust r they most likely studying)
Oceanic crust
Continental crust
Sedimentary crust
Volcanic crust
