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When does Seafloor Spreading occur?
Plates between the oceans that are made up of basalt.
All continents were once connected as one large land mass.
The seafloor spreads apart and magma rises to fill the gap.
which the ocean floor sinks below a deep ocean trench.
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Hot magma in the earth toward the surface, cools then sinks again is a...
Sea-floor spreading
Evidence for Continental Drift
Subduction Zone
Convection current
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What is the outer most layer of the earth that is made out of granite?
Inner core
Outer core
Crust
Mantle
4
Pangea is a large land mass that formed (how many years ago?)
250 million years ago
20 million years ago
10 years ago
400 million years ago
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This was NOT a piece of evidence for Continental Drift
The magma would rise and cool
The continents fit like a puzzle
The fossils of warm weather plants in arctic regions
Rock structures are found in different countries
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What boundary forms subduction, mountains and volcanos?
Transform
DIvergent
Convergent
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The image above demonstrates a....
Convergent Boundary
Subduction Zone
Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
8
Which of these is true about Rifting?
Plates collide and crumple up.
Denser plates sink under less dense plates.
Causes Sea-floor spreading.
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Alfred Wegener was a...
A science teacher that loved plate tectonics and chemistry
The founder of volcanoes and mountains.
German scientist that was curious about continents
A geologist that wants to study concepts of rocks/sediments
10
To sum up Continental Drifts, it is where...
Scientists can use the info to know where the magnetic is
Continents start to drift apart
Alfred Wegener invented the Pangea.
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What boundary creates Oceanic ridge and Seafloor spreading?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Ridges
12
What is the second inner most layer that is liquid?
Outer core
Crust
Mantle
Inner core
13
The method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation is...
Sonar
Seafloor spreading
Continental drift
Subduction Zone
14
Define Pangea
All continents were once connected as one large land mass
The shape of the Sea-floor
Hot magma in the earth to the surface, cools and sinks again
where the continents are starting to connect back together
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Transform Boundaries cause...
Tsunami
Earthquakes
Sandstorms
Hurricanes
16
How old is the Continental crust?
A million years old
100 years old
2,000 years old
Over 4 billion years old
17
The solid outer section of Earth, it includes the crust is the...
Outer core
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Crust
18
What is the name of the igneous dark colored rock that commonly forms at such as a lava flow
Basalt
Basalt
Glass
Iron
19
The collision of the Earth's crustal plants results in one plate being drawn under the other.
Mid-ocean ridge
Subduction
seafloor spreading
20
What kind of igneous rock is made up of most of earth's crust and light colored?
Basalt
Sulfur
Granite
Metal
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How many types of Convergent Boundaries are there?
3
4
1
7
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Transform boundary creates...
Earthquakes and faults
Mountains and faults
Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Thunderstorms and lightning
23
An example of a Convergent boundary is...
Bubbling boiling water on stove
Newly formed hot magma forced up forms volcanic mountains
Rift valleys
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An example of a Convergent Boundary is....
Rift valleys
Bubbling boiling water on stovetop
Newly formed hot magma forced upward forms volcanic mountain
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The inner core is mostly made up of...
Iron
Nickel
Quartz
Granite
