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Tectonic Plates are made of this:
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Mantle
Crust
2
When a plate descends or drops into the mantle, it is known as this:
Redirection
Mantlitis
Submarine
Subduction zone
3
Mountain Ranges like the Himalayas (Mt. Everest) are made at this type of boundary:
Transform
Continental-Continental Convergent
Divergent
Continental-Oceanic Convergent
4
The main argument against the Continental Drift Theory was:
No one could explain how the continents move.
Island Hopping
Rafting
Land Bridges
5
Convection Currents are found in this layer:
Inner Core
Mantle
Crust
Outer Core
6
Trenchs are found at this type of boundary:
Continental-Oceanic Convergent
Continental-Continental Convergent
Divergent
Transform
7
Rift Valleys are found at this type of boundary:
Saturnalian
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
8
This part of the Upper Mantle contains convection currents:
Inner Core
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Hawaii
9
The idea that the continents are drifting around on Earth's surface was first called the:
Drifting Earth Hypothesis
Land Drift Theory
Continental Drift Theory
Wandering Earth Theory
10
True or False: The United States is currently moving West.
False
True
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which is not a type of plate boundary (where two plates meet):
Convergent
Metallic
Transform
Divergent
12
This layer is least dense:
Mantle
Crust
Inner Core
Outer Core
13
This is the outermost layer of the Earth:
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer Core
Crust
14
This layer is most dense:
Crust
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer Core
15
When two plates are moving toward each other, it is this type of boundary:
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
Plastic
16
Which one was not a piece of evidence used to support the Continental Drift Hypothesis was:
Glossopteris Fossils
Glacial Deposits
Mesosaurus Fossils
Meteor Fragments
17
This is the inner-most layer of the Earth:
Inner Core
Inner Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
18
Two plates sliding past each other (like in California) is this type of boundary:
Excellent
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
19
This layer is made of liquid Iron and Nickel:
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
20
This type of crust is least dense and thickest:
Continental Crust
Core Crust
Oceanic Crust
Mantle Crust
21
The Earth has this many layers:
2
4
8
6
22
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is this type of boudary:
Divergent
Convergent
Moonish
Transform
23
This part of the upper mantle combines with the crust to make the:
Yellowstone
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
24
This type of crust is the most dense and thinnest:
Continental Crust
Mantle Crust
Oceanic Crust
Core Crust
25
Wegener proposed that the continents were once joined in a large land mass called:
Largelandmassia
Rodinia
Pangaea
Giant Panda
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The Continental Drift Hypothesis was first proposed by:
Mr. Kalal
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
Isaac Newton