A reverse fault is...

created at convergent boundaries.

Which of the following was not evidence for Wegner's hypothesis of continental drift?

Types of bacteria found in the soils of continents.

Deep ocean trenches are created by...

the subduction of oceanic plates.

What evidence did not lead to the formation of the theory of tectonic plates?

Movement of the crust measured in mines kilometres deep.

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TECTONIC PLATES

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Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics, Plate Boundaries

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1
A reverse fault is...
is created at reversal boundaries.
created at convergent boundaries.
created at divergent boundaries
is created at transform boundaries.
2
Which of the following was not evidence for Wegner's hypothesis of continental drift?
Types of bacteria found in the soils of continents.
Deposits left by glaciers during an ancient ice age.
Mountain ranges on different continents that matched.
Fossils of identical plants and animals found on continents.
3
Circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
Cold Current
Heat Current
Circulating Current
Convection Current
4
What type of fault is shown here?
A reverse fault
A slip-slide fault
A diagonal fault
A normal fault
5
The following image is a picture of a.....
Transform Boundary
Divide Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
6
When an oceanic plate converges with another plate it...
...always subducts.
...either diverges or transforms.
...either subducts or surducts.
...always creates a mountain range.
7
Deep ocean trenches are created by...
...the convergence of continental plates.
...rifts created by divergent plates.
...the subduction of continental plates.
the subduction of oceanic plates.
8
The following is an image of.....
Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Crashing Boundary
Convergent Boundary
9
The image shows a .....
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transformer Boundary
10
What evidence did not lead to the formation of the theory of tectonic plates?
Movement of the crust measured in mines kilometres deep.
The location of major earthquakes.
The existence of the mid-ocean ridge.
The age of rock on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.
11
Which type of boundary creates mountain ranges such as the Himalayas?
Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Plate Boundary
12
This type of boundary creates valleys and rifts
Plate Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Convergent Boundary
13
Wegener's name for the one super continent was...
Pantia
Supercontinentea
Wegeneria
Pangaea
14
What type of fault is shown here?
an uneven fault
a normal fault
a strike-slip fault
a continental fault
15
Alfred Wegener is responsible for hypothesis of
Plate Tectonics
Plate Submergence
Plate Boundaries
Continental Drift

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