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Chapter 3
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1
Alfred Wegener first proposed that...
The seafloor is spreading
The continents drift away from each other
Peanut butter and jelly should go together
The Earth is expanding
2
What technology was used in the mid 1900's to map the bottom of the ocean floor?
Sonar
Submarines, like Alvin
Deep-sea divers
Satellites
3
Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called a?
artifact
landform
mineral
fossil
4
Identify the Plate Boundary
Divergent
No boundary
Convergent (Subduction)
Transform
5
T/F: If subduction occurs faster than oceanic crust can be created the ocean will expand.
false
true
6
Which is not evidence of Continental drift?
Land forms
Climate
Fossils
Weather
7
Which process adds more crust to the ocean floor?
Magnetic Stripe
SuctionS
Subduction
Sea-floor spreading
8
Study the image: The boundary between the Pacific and Australian Plate is an example of...
Divergent
Transform
Convergent (Subduction)
Does not touch
9
Why is new oceanic crust less dense than older oceanic crust?
It is cold.
It is moving toward a deep-ocean trench.
It is hot.
It is closer to a mid-ocean ridge.
10
What evidence did Wegener use to support the Theory of Continental Drift?
The continents fit together like a jigsaw
Similar animals lived on separated islands
The same fossils existed on different continents
All of the Above
11
Identify the Plate Boundary
Convergent (Subduction)
Convergent (Collisional)
Transform
Divergent
12
Gravity pulling more dense oceanic crust under less dense continental crust is what process?
Sea-floor spreading
Subduction
Plate tectonics
Continental drift
13
Identify the Plate Boundary
Convergent (Subduction)
Transform
No boundary
Divergent
14
Which crust is undergoing subduction?
Oceanic
Continental
15
Which of the following forms the longest mountain ranges on Earth?
The Rocky Mountains
The Andes Mountains
The deep-ocean trenches
The mid-ocean ridges
16
What is the land form that occurs at divergent boundaries of continental plates?
mid-ocean ridge
rift valley
mountains
deep-sea trench
17
Wegener proposed that the continents were once joined to form a supercontinent called...
Pangaea
Rondwana
Palanto
Rhodesia
18
T/F: Oceanic crust nearer to mid-ocean ridges is younger than crust farther away.
True
False
19
T/F Places near plate boundaries have a higher risk of earthquakes
True
False
20
Converging continental crusts (equal density) create what land form?
rift valley
deep-ocean trench
mid-ocean ridge
mountain range
21
T/F:Continental drift states that all continents were once joined as a single super continent.
True
False
22
Study the image: The boundary between the African and Antarctic Plate is an example of...
Divergent
Convergent (Collisional)
Transform
Convergent (Subduction)
23
Which is not a feature associated with subduction zones?
Opening of New Seas
Earthquakes
Trenches
Volcanoes
24
Plate Tectonic theory states that:
The Earth's Continental crust ploughs along the ocean floor
Dinner plates will be outlawed in 2051
Broken parts of the lithosphere move in constant slow motion
The Earth is expanding
25
Where does subduction occur?
On continents
At deep-ocean trenches
Along the middle of some ocean floors.
Down the middle of mountain ranges.
26
What forces are thought to be responsible for Plate Movement?
Gravity only
Radioactivity
Gravity and Convection Currents
Convection Currents only
27
Identify the Plate Boundary
Convergent (Subduction)
No boundary
Transform
Divergent
