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Duplicate of Sea-Floor Spreading , Plate Tectonics, Pangaea, Continental Drift
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What is the FEATURE of A in the diagram?
Deep Ocean Trenchs
Sea-floor spreading
Subduction
Mid-Ocean Ridge
2
Who invented the continental drift theory?
Sylvia Earle
Albert Einstein
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegner
3
Which of these is NOT evidence for sea-floor spreading?
Magnetic Stripes
Molten Material
Drilling Samples (ages of rocks)
Fossils
4
At deep ocean trenches, conduction allows oceanic crust to sink back into the mantle.
False
True
5
What fuels Sea Floor Spreading?
Convection Currents
Convergent Boundary
Subducting
The Crust
6
In sea floor spreading, where does new crust come from?
Heat from the sun
All of the above
Molten material that erupts and cools
Crust formations
7
An exposed portion of the core of a continent is known as a(n)
terrane
shield
craton
subduction area
8
What Plate Boundary is this?
Transform Boundary
Plate Tectonics
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
9
What does Pangaea mean?
everything
super continent
all lands
together
10
which is not a plate boundary
convergent
divergent
transform
insergent
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During sea-floor spreading the ______ moves like a conveyor belt carrying & moving continents.
volcanoes
core
continental floor
ocean floor
12
WHO came up with the theory of Pangaea?
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Williams
Alfred Fred
Alfred Wagner
13
Convergent boundary
Uses two tectonic plates in the process
All of the Above
collide and make subduction zones
Make volcanic or non-volcanic mountain ranges
14
What PROCESS occurs at the mid-ocean ridge?
Convection Currents
Earth's Layering
Subduction
Sea-floor Spreading
15
Where is the rock in the diagram YOUNGEST??
B
I have no idea
A
C
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What type of plate boundary is this?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
Subduction
17
Where does seafloor spreading occur?
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Rift Ridges
Mountain Ridges
None of the above
18
What is created, or can happen at this plate boundary?
volcanic mountain range
Deep ocean trenches
non-volcanic mountain range
Rift Valleys
19
What is Pangaea?
The scientist who discovered continental drift theory
How tectonic plates move
A super continent that helps support the theory of plate tectonics
The explanation of convection currents in the mantle
20
Large blocks of lithosphere that have moved and can become attached to different continents are known as
terranes
sea mounts
cratons
shields
21
The original cores of the continents are known as
blocks
cratons
terranes
terrains
22
Which of these is NOT evidence for sea-floor spreading?
Fossils
Sea-floor magnetic reversal patterns
Drilling Samples (ages of rocks)
Molten Material hardening into new lithosphere at divergent boundaries
23
What drives continental drift
Conduction curents
Convection currents
Contusion currents
Concussion currents
24
What PROCESS forms trenches?
Subduction
Convection Currents
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Glacier Movement
25
What evidence supported the Theory of Continental Drift?
All three
evidence of climate change
similar rock formations on separate continents
Similar fossils found on separated continents
26
What process renews the ocean floor?
Convection currents
Plate tectonics
Deforstation
Sea Floor Spreading
27
What forms in the middle at a divergent plate boundary?
Mountains
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Rift Valleys
28
Plate Tectonics...
by convection currents in the mantle.
gave rise to today's continents
The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion
gave rise to today's continents
29
Who discovered sea floor spreading?
Harry Hess
Madonna
Will Smith
Alfred Wegener
30
Which of these describes a divergent plate boundary?
Continental plates moving away from each other
Two ocean plates colliding, forming a volcanic arc
Oceanic plates rubbing against each other
Continental plates colliding, forming a mountain range
31
A divergent boundary has the plate moving...
Apart
Sliding past other (Friction)
Together
Downward
32
Who discovered Sea-Floor Spreading?
Wegener
Harry Hess
Arthur Holmes
Mrs. Hanson
33
What is a frequent characteristic of a transform plate boundary?
deep-sea trenches
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
rift valleys
34
What do we call the FEATURE at C?
Subduction
Sea-Floor Spreading
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Deep Ocean Trench
35
A Convergent boundary has the plate moving...
Downward
Together
Sliding Past (Friction)
Apart
36
What Plate Boundary is this?
Transform Boundary
Plate Tectonics
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
37
What is the mid-ocean ridge?
All of the above
A mountain in Europe
Under water chain of mountains
A piece of continental crust
38
What process in Earth’s Interior causes subduction and sea-floor spreading?
Movement in the lithosphere
Heat from the sun
Convection Currents in the mantle
Gravity
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What Plate Boundary is this?
Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Plate Tectonics
40
What often forms on the upper plate at a subduction boundary?
Volcanoes
deep sea trench
Mid-ocean ridge
fault
41
what is the type of plate boundary shown below?
all of the above
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
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Transform Boundary
A plate boundary where 2 plates move past each other in opposite directions
A section of the asthenosphere that carries plates
A plate boundary where two plates collide into each other.
A sect of the lithosphere that moves over the asthenosphere carrying plates
43
In sea floor spreading, where does new crust come from?
Heat from the sun
Molten material that erupts and cools
Crust formations
All of the above
44
A device that bounces sound waves off underwater objects is called
Sonar
Subduction
Seismic Waves
GPS
45
What type of plate boundary is shown below?
divergent
Transform
Focus
Convergent
46
How did scientists discover rocks far away from mid ocean ridge were older than those near it?
Plate Tectonics
Subduction
Magnetic Stripes
Drilling Samples of rocks
47
What type of plate boundary is shown below?
Divergent
Transform
convergent
Not a type of plate boundary
48
Mid-Ocean Ridges are only found in the Pacific ocean.
False
True
49
What type of Plate Boundary is this?
Divergent (ocean - ocean)
Divergent (cont - cont)
Transform Fault
Convergent (ocean - ocean)
50
What is created, or can happen at this plate boundary?
Earthquakes
Mountain Ranges
Rift Valleys
Subduction zones
51
What is true about sea-floor spreading?
adds more crust to the ocean floor
all of the above
changes the shape and size of the oceans
occurs at divergent boundaries
52
What is created, or can happen at this plate boundary?
Mountain Ranges
Earthquakes
Subduction zones
Rift Valleys
