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CD, SFS, and Plate Tectonics
CD, SFS, and Plate Tectonics
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1
Would you rather run at 100 mph or fly at ten mph?
Fly
Run
2
Wegener's evidence included which fossils?
Mesosaurus
T-rex
Humans
Glossopertis
3
The geomagnetic reversal time scale shows
That our magnetic poles have never changed
A pattern of magnetic reversals on the ocean floor
4
Scientists understand the layers of the Earth because they study
Underground mines
Earthquake data
5
Wegener also discovered rock formations like the Appalachian Mountains did what?
Formed on both sides of the Atlantic
Ended at coastlines of continents
6
Would you rather dance or sing every time you heard any music?
Dance
Sing
7
Who traveled to Greenland to study fossils that were found on either side of the Atlantic?
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
Albert Einstein
James Hutton
8
The combination of Continental Drift and Sea-Floor spreading is called the theory of
Evolution
Plate Tectonics
Uniformitarianism
9
What two coastlines look like they could fit together like a puzzle?
Greenland and Africa
North America and Europe
South America and Africa
Australia and North America
10
Underwater mountain chains where new sea floor is created is called
Mid-Ocean Ridge
The Appalachians
Ocean currents
Ocean channels
11
Wegner's last piece of evidence showed glacial deposits on
Greenland
North America
Southern Africa
South America
12
According to Sea-Floor spreading, what forms and pushes apart the continents
New continents
Nothing
New sea floor
13
Would you rather live in an amusement park or a zoo?
Zoo
Amusement Park
14
Better Halftime show?
Beyonce
Rihanna
15
Wegener was not accepted by the scientific community because
His proof was wrong.
He was missing how the continents moved.
He made up his evidence.
16
Lithosphere can be called either oceanic or continental but which is more dense?
Continental
Oceanic
17
Paleomagnetism is the study of what properties of rocks?
Color
Density
Magnetic
Streak
18
Earthquake data showed that there is a liquid outer core because these waves do not go through.
Raleigh waves
S-waves
P-waves
L-waves
19
Plate boundaries can be seen after plotting the locations of
Volcanoes
Population
Storms
Earthquakes
20
What is the boundary of the Pacific plate called where you find most volcanoes and earthquakes?
Diamond Ring
Ring of Fire
Ring of Ice
21
The "plastic" layer of rock that is slowly moving is called the
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Core
22
What was the mascot for Miss Hagerty's High School?
Fishers Tigers
Batesville Bulldogs
Greensburg Pirates
Columbus East Olympians
23
Who suggested the idea of Sea-Floor Spreading?
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
Harry Hess
James Hutton
24
Wegener's theory stated all continents were once joined in a supercontinent in a theory called
Sea Floor Spreading
Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
25
What tectonic plate do we live on?
South American Plate
North American Plate
Cocos Plate
Antarctic Plate
26
Which of the following is
NOT
a chemical description of a layer of the Earth?
Asthenosphere
Core
Mantle
Crust
27
Would you rather Experience the beginning of planet earth or the end of planet earth?
Ending
Beginning