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Continents Adrift: An Introduction
Continents Adrift: An Introduction
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Quiz is made to access knowledge of the theory of Continental Drift.
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True or false. Places where plates move away from each other are called Divergent Boundaries.
True
False
2
When looking at a globe, some of the continents appear as if
they are made of ancient bones
they may have been joined
they have no similarity to each other
3
The Hawaiian Islands were formed by a
Hot Pepper
Hot Plate
Hot Pipers
Hot Spot
4
the separation of North America and Africa is explained by
volcanoes
Seafloor Building
Conveyor Syndrome
Seafloor Spreading
5
Most mountain ranges are located near what type of plate boundary?
Transverse
Convergent
Divergent
6
The the best evidence for continental drift came from
old books
DNA
common sense
fossils
7
True or false? Places where plates move toward each other are called Divergent boundaries
True
False
8
Scientists discovered tectonic plate boundaries by plotting these on a map.
McDonalds
huricanes
tornadoes
Earthquakes
9
The idea of a super continent named Pangaea was introduced by a German scientist named
Shultz
Van Halen
Wegener
Schleiden
10
Earthquakes originate in places called
fissures
cracks
faults
rumples
11
Three land masses that seem to fit together well are
North America, India and Australia
Madagascar, Africa and South America
North America, South America and Europe
