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CD, SFS, and Plate Tectonics
CD, SFS, and Plate Tectonics
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1
Would you rather live in an amusement park or a zoo?
Amusement Park
Zoo
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Wegener's evidence included which fossils?
Glossopertis
Mesosaurus
Humans
T-rex
3
Would you rather Experience the beginning of planet earth or the end of planet earth?
Ending
Beginning
4
The combination of Continental Drift and Sea-Floor spreading is called the theory of
Evolution
Uniformitarianism
Plate Tectonics
5
Who suggested the idea of Sea-Floor Spreading?
James Hutton
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
6
The geomagnetic reversal time scale shows
That our magnetic poles have never changed
A pattern of magnetic reversals on the ocean floor
7
What was the mascot for Miss Hagerty's High School?
Greensburg Pirates
Batesville Bulldogs
Fishers Tigers
Columbus East Olympians
8
Wegner's last piece of evidence showed glacial deposits on
South America
Greenland
North America
Southern Africa
9
Wegener was not accepted by the scientific community because
He made up his evidence.
His proof was wrong.
He was missing how the continents moved.
10
What two coastlines look like they could fit together like a puzzle?
Greenland and Africa
North America and Europe
Australia and North America
South America and Africa
11
Wegener also discovered rock formations like the Appalachian Mountains did what?
Formed on both sides of the Atlantic
Ended at coastlines of continents
12
Would you rather dance or sing every time you heard any music?
Dance
Sing
13
Who traveled to Greenland to study fossils that were found on either side of the Atlantic?
James Hutton
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
14
Paleomagnetism is the study of what properties of rocks?
Streak
Density
Magnetic
Color
15
According to Sea-Floor spreading, what forms and pushes apart the continents
Nothing
New sea floor
New continents
16
The "plastic" layer of rock that is slowly moving is called the
Core
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
17
Earthquake data showed that there is a liquid outer core because these waves do not go through.
L-waves
P-waves
S-waves
Raleigh waves
18
Plate boundaries can be seen after plotting the locations of
Earthquakes
Storms
Population
Volcanoes
19
Wegener's theory stated all continents were once joined in a supercontinent in a theory called
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
Sea Floor Spreading
20
Would you rather run at 100 mph or fly at ten mph?
Run
Fly
21
Underwater mountain chains where new sea floor is created is called
The Appalachians
Ocean currents
Ocean channels
Mid-Ocean Ridge
22
What tectonic plate do we live on?
Antarctic Plate
South American Plate
Cocos Plate
North American Plate
23
Lithosphere can be called either oceanic or continental but which is more dense?
Oceanic
Continental
24
What is the boundary of the Pacific plate called where you find most volcanoes and earthquakes?
Ring of Ice
Ring of Fire
Diamond Ring
25
Which of the following is
NOT
a chemical description of a layer of the Earth?
Core
Crust
Mantle
Asthenosphere
26
Scientists understand the layers of the Earth because they study
Earthquake data
Underground mines
27
Better Halftime show?
Rihanna
Beyonce