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Sea-Floor Spreading , Plate Tectonics, Pangaea, Continental Drift
Sea-Floor Spreading , Plate Tectonics, Pangaea, Continental Drift
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what is the type of plate boundary shown below?
Divergent
all of the above
Convergent
Transform
2
What percent of the world is ocean
42%
63%
71%
57%
3
Who discovered Sea-Floor Spreading?
Wegener
Harry Hess
Mrs. Hanson
Arthur Holmes
4
Which of these is NOT evidence for sea-floor spreading?
Fossils
Drilling Samples (ages of rocks)
Magnetic Stripes
Molten Material
5
Mid-Ocean Ridges are only found in the Pacific ocean.
False
True
6
In sea floor spreading, where does new crust come from?
Crust formations
Heat from the sun
All of the above
Molten material that erupts and cools
7
What is created, or can happen at this plate boundary?
Mountain Ranges
Subduction zones
Earthquakes
Rift Valleys
8
What type of plate boundary is shown below?
Not a type of plate boundary
convergent
Transform
Divergent
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Who discovered sea floor spreading?
Madonna
Harry Hess
Will Smith
Alfred Wegener
10
What is created, or can happen at this plate boundary?
Subduction zones
Mountain Ranges
Earthquakes
Rift Valleys
11
Different Climate fluctuations as it refers to glaciers. Warm and interglacial: Interglacial and Ice Age?
False
True
12
What drives continental drift
Contusion currents
Conduction curents
Convection currents
Concussion currents
13
Which of these is NOT evidence for sea-floor spreading?
Magnetic Stripes
Fossils
Drilling Samples (ages of rocks)
Molten Material
14
During sea-floor spreading the ______ moves like a conveyor belt carrying & moving continents.
ocean floor
core
continental floor
volcanoes
15
The 4 large basins are the arctic, southern, indian, and atlantic ocean
False
True
16
What is the main mineral that seeps out of hydrothermal vents
Potassium
Sulfide
Carbon Dioxide
Calcium
17
What type of plate boundary is shown below?
divergent
Convergent
Focus
Transform
18
WHO came up with the theory of Pangaea?
Alfred Williams
Alfred Wagner
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Fred
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density = ?
volume/mass
salinity/mass
volume/heat
mass/volume