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Continental Drift, Seafloor Spreading, Plate Boundaries
Continental Drift, Seafloor Spreading, Plate Boundaries
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The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since:
Continental Drift
Pangea
Gravity
Natural Selection
2
A divergent boundary occurs when two plates:
divide (pull apart)
slide
explode
collide (come together)
3
Volcanic islands can form from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary that is colliding.
divergent
transform
convergent
4
What causes the tectonic plates to move?
Bill Nye
Convection currents in the mantle (under Earth's crust)
Faults in Mountain Ranges
Population changes
5
Which picture of Earth is the YOUNGEST?
B
D
A
C
6
Which of these is NOT a piece of evidence to support the Theory of Continental Drift?
Sand erosion
Ancient Climates
Plant Fossils and Animal Fossils
Land Features (landforms)
7
What type of boundary creates mountains?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
8
What type of boundary is this creating volcanoes?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
9
What type of boundary is this where the plates start out moving TOWARDS each other and then subducting?
Pangea
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
10
Which area of the oceanic crust is the oldest?
C
D
B
A
11
What piece of technology helped Harry Hess discover that the sea-floor was not flat?
A sonar device
A high tech speed boat
A thermometer
A microscope
12
Where is the oldest rock found on the seafloor where seafloor spreading occurs?
Letter "L"
Letter "O"
Letter "M"
13
What type of boundary creates trenches?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
14
This type of boundary creates _________ when the sliding occurs.
Volcanos
Earthquakes
Trenches
Mountains
15
Remains of warm-weather plants in arctic areas were evidence used to support continental drift.
TRUE
FALSE
16
What is the name of the giant landmass that was formed when all of the continents were attached
Sea-floor spreading
Subduction
Pangea
Mid-ocean ridge
17
What kind of plate boundary is shown here where two plates are sliding past each other?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
18
What kind of plate boundary can play a role in creating a fault?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
19
The idea that these same fossils were found on difference continents is evidence of:
Mid ocean ridges
Continental Drift
Ice Age
Magnetic Stripes
20
Who discovered and found evidence to support the idea of continental drift?
Harry Hess
Einstein
Marie Curie
Alfred Wegener
21
How is it possible for new crust to be formed during seafloor spreading without increasing the area of the Earth?
Old crust is destroyed at subducting convergent plate boundaries
Humans remove the pieces of Earth with a bulldozer.
New crust is weak and just breaks into small pieces.
22
Which area of the oceanic crust is the youngest?
B
A
C
D
23
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle
Convection
Continental Drift
Subduction
Sea-floor Spreading
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This picture shows the process of:
Subduction
Valley
Rock Cycle
Fault