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Stafford Duplicate of Plate Tectonics
Stafford Duplicate of Plate Tectonics
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One piece of evidence used to support the Continental Drift Hypothesis was:
Meteor Fragments
Mesosaurus Fossils
Glossopteris Fossils
Glacial Deposits
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The Continental Drift Hypothesis was first proposed by:
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
Mr. Gross
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This type of crust is least dense and thickest:
Core Crust
Mantle Crust
Continental Crust
Oceanic Crust
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The Earth has this many layers:
2
6
8
4
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This is a type of plate boundary (where two plates meet):
Transform
Divergent
Metallic
Convergent
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The arguments against the Continental Drift Hypothesis were:
Rafting
No one could explain how the continents move.
Island Hopping
Land Bridges
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Wegener proposed that the continents were once joined in a large land mass called:
Giant Panda
Pangaea
Largelandmassia
Rodinia
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When two plates are moving toward each other, it is this type of boundary:
Plastic
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
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This is the inner-most layer of the Earth:
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
Inner Crust
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When a plate descends or drops into the mantle, it is known as this:
Subduction
Redirection
Submarine
Mantlitis
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Convection Currents are found in this layer:
Mantle
Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
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This layer is made of liquid Iron and Nickel:
Crust
Inner Core
Outer Core
Mantle
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This type of crust is the most dense and thinnest:
Oceanic Crust
Core Crust
Mantle Crust
Continental Crust
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This layer is most dense:
Mantle
Crust
Inner Core
Outer Core
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This part of the Upper Mantle contains convection currents:
Lithosphere
Hawaii
Inner Core
Asthenosphere
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Rift Valleys are found at this type of boundary:
Transform
Saturnalian
Divergent
Convergent
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Mountain Ranges like the Himalayas (Mt. Everest) are made at this type of boundary:
Continental-Continental Convergent
Continental-Oceanic Convergent
Transform
Divergent
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Two plates sliding past each other (like in California) is this type of boundary:
Convergent
Excellent
Divergent
Transform
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This layer is least dense:
Crust
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer Core
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Tectonic Plates are made of this:
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mantle
Crust
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This is the outermost layer of the Earth:
Inner Core
Outer Core
Crust
Mantle
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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is this type of boudary:
Divergent
Transform
Moonish
Convergent
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Trenchs are found at this type of boundary:
Transform
Divergent
Continental-Continental Convergent
Continental-Oceanic Convergent
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The idea that the continents are drifting around on Earth's surface was first called the:
Wandering Earth Theory
Continental Drift Hypothesis
Continental Drift Theory
Drifting Earth Hypothesis
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This part of the upper mantle combines with the crust to make the:
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Yellowstone
Mantle