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Continental Drift + Seafloor Spreading
Continental Drift + Seafloor Spreading
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1
Eventually the ocean floor plunges into deep underwater canyons we call ____________
The Core
The Mantle
Deep Ocean Trenches
The Crust
2
What is the name of the underwater mountain ranges that scientists like Hess studied?
Deep-Ocean Trenches
Subduction Ridge
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Mantle Chain
3
As the older oceanic crust cools, it becomes what?
Pillow Lava
Less Dense
More Dense
Lighter
4
As a continent moves towards the poles, it's climate _____________
Gets Warmer
Stays The Same
Gets Colder
5
Which of the following is NOT evidence of sea floor spreading?
Fossils
Pillow Lava
Drilling Samples
Magnetic Stripes
6
In the mid-1900's, scientists mapped mid-ocean ridges using what device?
Radar
Sonar
Lasers
Beacons
7
A deep-ocean trench is an underwater ____________
Valley
Mountain
Plateau
Canyon
8
Older rock moves ________ from either side of a mid-ocean ridge
Inward
Outward
Squidward
Upward
9
Alfred Wegener's theory that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface is known as what?
Subduction
Pangea
Sea Floor Spreading
Continental Drift
10
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench is called ___________
Cementation
Compaction
Subjugation
Subduction
11
Mid-Ocean Ridges continually add new material to the ocean floor in a process called what?
Deposition
Cementation
Subduction
Sea-Floor Spreading
12
Where does sea-floor spreading occur?
Deep-Ocean Basins
The Mantle
Deep-Ocean Trenches
Mid-Ocean Ridges
13
Which was NOT a type of evidence that Wegener used to support his theory?
Climates
Sea Floor Spreading
Fossils
Landforms
14
What is any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock?
Preservation
Deposit
Fossil
Glacier
15
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Alfred Wegener noticed that certain ______ ranges in Europe and North America match up
Coal
Mountain
Mineral
Fossil
16
Where does
subduction
occur?
Inside underwater volcanoes
At deep-ocean trenches
On warm, dry land
Along the middle of a ridge
17
What did Wegener name the landmass that was made up of all continents joined together?
Subduction
Mega Earth
Pangea
Pangaea
18
Which process changes the size and shape of the ocean?
Drilling For Samples
Sea-Floor Spreading
Subduction
Sonar Imaging
19
True or False: The mid-ocean ridges form the longest mountain ranges on Earth.
True
False
20
Wegener's theory was rejected because he could not identify what?
The location of Pangaea
How the continents fit together
The specific fossil evidence
The force that moves the continents
21
"Pillow Lava" or rocks shaped like pillows form only when molten material hardens __________
Underground
Underwater
Inside the ridge
Slowly