Name the layers of the earth from outermost to innermost

crust lithosphere asthenosphere mesophere outer inner core

Where two continental crusts collide, what can be expected to happen?

They push up the crust to form mountain ranges.

Clues to continental drift include:

plant and animal fossils, climate and rock clues

What geological events happen when oceanic and continental plates collide?

Both statements one and two are correct

What does the hypothesis of continental drift proposed by Wegener state?

Continents have moved slowly to their current locations.

Which is a good description of seafloor spreading?

new seafloor formed when magma is forced upward to surface

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Plate Tectonics and Geological Cycles

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Students quiz their knowledge of Pangaea, continental drift plate tectonic theory, and geological events.

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1
Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
Abraham Ortelius
Alfred Wegner
Glomar Challenger
Harry Hess
2
Where one plate slides under the other is referred to as the ________________________.
subduction
rift valley
focus
fault
3
Name the layers of the earth from outermost to innermost
crust mantle inner core outer core
crust lithosphere asthenosphere mesophere outer inner core
inner core outer core lithosphere asthenosphere mesophere
outer, inner core crust mantle
4
Epicenter and focus are two terms that describe which of the following?
Continental drift
Pangaea and plate tectonics
Magma
Earthquakes
5
Where two continental crusts collide, what can be expected to happen?
Magma rises to the surface.
They push up the crust to form mountain ranges.
Rift valleys occur.
A mid-ocean ridge occurs.
6
Estimate the average depth below the ocean of ocean crust that has just formed.
3 km
2.3 km
5 km
Zero (0) km
7
Clues to continental drift include:
divergent, convergent, and subduction clues
fossil, climate , continent , and climate clues
plant and animal fossils, climate and rock clues
strain and tension clues
8
What geological events happen when oceanic and continental plates collide?
Oceanic plate plunges beneath less dense continental plate.
Both statements one and two are correct
Mountains are formed.
Some volcanoes form above subduction zones.
9
What is expected to happen when continental plates pull apart?
rift valleys form
subduction occurs
mountains form
oceanic crust forms
10
What does the hypothesis of continental drift proposed by Wegener state?
Continents have moved slowly to their current locations.
Continents only revolve. They never move.
Climate change cancels out movement of continents.
Earth maintains a constant size because continents lock.
11
Which is a good description of seafloor spreading?
fracture that resulting when rocks break, causing movement
the ability of structures to stand up against vibrations
a repeated back and forth motion
new seafloor formed when magma is forced upward to surface
12
How quickly do Earth plates move?
up to 5 cm per year
10 cm per year
1 cm per year
2 cm per year

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