Why was the Theory of Continental Drift originally rejected?

Could not explain driving force

What features differ between convergent continental-oceanic and convergent oceanic-oceanic?

Oceanic-Oceanic have volcanic island arcs

What type of boundary is shown here?

Convergent Continental-Continental

What is currently happening to the size of the Atlantic and why?

Getting bigger, sea-floor spreading

What type of plate boundary is Hawaii on?

Silly Mr. Horn, it is not on a plate boundary

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1
What type of boundary is shown here?
Divergent
Convergent
Hot spot
Transform
2
Why was the Theory of Continental Drift originally rejected?
Disproved later by sonar
Could not explain driving force
Not enough evidence
All of the above
3
When did Pangaea break up?
About 40 million years ago
About 200 million years ago
It will break up in about 200 million years
About 200 billion years ago
4
What features differ between convergent continental-oceanic and convergent oceanic-oceanic?
All of the above
Oceanic-oceanic create earthquakes
Oceanic-Oceanic have volcanic island arcs
Oceanic-oceanic have deep sea trenches
5
What evidence supported the theory of continental drift?
Glacier evidence in India
All of the above
Coal deposits in Antarctica
Matching Fossils on different continents
6
If two oceanic plates collide, which will subduct and why?
Younger, cooler
Younger, warmer
Older, warmer
Older, cooler
7
Eventually what will happen at this boundary?
Volcanic island arc
Plates will slide past each other
New mountain range
A new ocean
8
You find a deep sea trench. You must be near a ...
Active margin
Hot spot
Passive margin
Divergent boundary
9
What occurs at this feature?
New crust is formed
Explosive volcanic eruptions
Old Crust is recycled
Non-volcanic mountain ranges
10
The speed of sound is 1500m/s in water. A signal comes back to you in 1.8 seconds. How deep?
2700m
1350m
833m
5400m
11
What type of boundary is shown here?
Convergent Continental-Continental
Convergent Oceanic-Oceanic
Divergent Oceanic-Oceanic
Divergent Continental-Continental
12
What is currently happening to the size of the Atlantic and why?
Getting smaller, subduction zone
Getting bigger, sea-floor spreading
Getting bigger, subduction zone
Getting smaller, sea-floor spreading
13
What will disappear in a few million years?
Pacific Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Australia
Rocky Mountains
14
What type of plate boundary is Hawaii on?
Divergent oceanic-oceanic
Convergent continental-oceanic
Convergent oceanic-oceanic
Silly Mr. Horn, it is not on a plate boundary
15
What type of boundary is shown here?
Oceanic-oceanic divergent
Oceanic-oceanic convergent
Transform
Continental-oceanic convergent
16
What occurs at plate boundaries?
All of the above
Mountains
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
17
What is the abyssal plain?
Underwater mountain range
Flat region of splitting continent
Steep drop off of ocean
Deep flat area of ocean floor
18
Compared to Continental crust, Oceanic crust is....
Less likely to subduct
Thicker
Less dense
None of the above
19
What type of boundary is on the west coast of South America?
Convergent Oceanic-Oceanic
Convergent Continental-Oceanic
Convergent Continental-Continental
Divergent Oceanic-Oceanic

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