What did the presence of tropical plant fossils in Greenland prove?

Greenland had to be closer to the Equator in the past

In a typical convection cell

warm air rises and cold air sinks

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1
The youngest ocean floor would be located at which number?
4
1
3
2
2
Large boulders found in Africa were deposited by
continental collisions
glaciers
avalanches
the ocean
3
What did the presence of tropical plant fossils in Greenland prove?
Greenland must have been connected to Antarctica in the past
The North Pole must have had a warmer climate in the past
Greenland had a colder climate in the past
Greenland had to be closer to the Equator in the past
4
The plates float on the upper part of the mantle known as the
biosphere
lithosphere
atmosphere
asthenosphere
5
Name that boundary!
Divergent
Convergent
Transform Fault
6
How is coal formed?
From dinosaur fossils
From decayed plants
From natural gas
From glaciers
7
Where does the Mid Atlantic Ridge rise above the water?
Greenland
Iceland
Japan
Hawaii
8
Most tectonic plates are made up of
continental crust only
oceanic crust only
continental and oceanic crust
9
The volcanoes are being formed by which type of boundary?
continent to continent convergent
ocean to ocean convergent
continent to continent divergent
continent to ocean convergent
10
The coastlines of which continents seemed to fit together like puzzle pieces?
Africa and Europe
North America and Australia
South America and Africa
Antarctica and Asia
11
Name that boundary!
Divergent
Transform Fault
Convergent
12
In a typical convection cell
both cold air and warm air rise
warm air sinks and cold air rises
warm air rises and cold air sinks
both cold air and warm air sink
13
The scientist who hypothesized the Theory of Continental Drift was
Issac Newton
Harry Hess
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
14
Name that boundary
Transform Fault
Convergent
Divergent
15
The San Andreas Fault is an example of a:
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform fault boundary
16
Which of the following occurs at an ocean-ocean convergent boundary?
tall mountains form
new crust is created
the older ocean plate subducts
the younger ocean plate subducts
17
The Hawaiian Islands were made by which type of plate motion?
divergent plates
hot spot
converging plates
transform fault plates
18
These are formed when two continental plates collide
tall mountain ranges
subduction zones
deep ocean trenches
volcanoes
19
The Mesosaurus fossil was found on the continents of
Africa, India and Antarctica
Australia and Antarctica
Africa, South America and Antarctica
South America and Africa
20
Which letter represents a trench?
O
M
L
N

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Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift

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Questions 20

Answers

1
The youngest ocean floor would be located at which number?
4
1
3
2
2
Large boulders found in Africa were deposited by
continental collisions
glaciers
avalanches
the ocean
3
What did the presence of tropical plant fossils in Greenland prove?
Greenland must have been connected to Antarctica in the past
The North Pole must have had a warmer climate in the past
Greenland had a colder climate in the past
Greenland had to be closer to the Equator in the past
4
The plates float on the upper part of the mantle known as the
biosphere
lithosphere
atmosphere
asthenosphere
5
Name that boundary!
Divergent
Convergent
Transform Fault
6
How is coal formed?
From dinosaur fossils
From decayed plants
From natural gas
From glaciers
7
Where does the Mid Atlantic Ridge rise above the water?
Greenland
Iceland
Japan
Hawaii
8
Most tectonic plates are made up of
continental crust only
oceanic crust only
continental and oceanic crust
9
The volcanoes are being formed by which type of boundary?
continent to continent convergent
ocean to ocean convergent
continent to continent divergent
continent to ocean convergent
10
The coastlines of which continents seemed to fit together like puzzle pieces?
Africa and Europe
North America and Australia
South America and Africa
Antarctica and Asia
11
Name that boundary!
Divergent
Transform Fault
Convergent
12
In a typical convection cell
both cold air and warm air rise
warm air sinks and cold air rises
warm air rises and cold air sinks
both cold air and warm air sink
13
The scientist who hypothesized the Theory of Continental Drift was
Issac Newton
Harry Hess
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
14
Name that boundary
Transform Fault
Convergent
Divergent
15
The San Andreas Fault is an example of a:
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform fault boundary
16
Which of the following occurs at an ocean-ocean convergent boundary?
tall mountains form
new crust is created
the older ocean plate subducts
the younger ocean plate subducts
17
The Hawaiian Islands were made by which type of plate motion?
divergent plates
hot spot
converging plates
transform fault plates
18
These are formed when two continental plates collide
tall mountain ranges
subduction zones
deep ocean trenches
volcanoes
19
The Mesosaurus fossil was found on the continents of
Africa, India and Antarctica
Australia and Antarctica
Africa, South America and Antarctica
South America and Africa
20
Which letter represents a trench?
O
M
L
N