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Landforms and Landscapes 1
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Movement of Continents
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What plate does Australia sit on?
Australian Plate
Indo-Australian Plate
Oceana Plate
Australasian Plate
2
The name of the person who came up with the Continental Drift Theory?
Alfred Wegener
Captain James Cook
Galileo Galilei
Charles Darwin
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Tectonic plates that move alongside each other are...
Transform
Divergent
Evolving
Sliding
4
Which of the following is not evidence of continental drift?
Fossils
Mountain Ranges
Meteor fragments
Glaciation during the Permian Era
5
Tectonic plates that move away from one another are...
Convergent
Repellent
Divergent
Diverting
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Tectonic plates that push together are...
Convergent
Colliding
Divergent
Combining
7
The theory of how continents move is called:
Separation Theory
Continental Floating Theory
Pangea
Continental Drift Theory
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A continental plate is heavier than an oceanic plate
True
False
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The currents in the mantle that cause tectonic plates to move are...
Conversation Currents
Convection Currents
Convention Currents
Circular Currents
10
Australia is within the Pacific Ring of Fire
True
False
