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What is "A"?
Rift valley
Ridge
Atolls
Submarine canyon
2
What type of seafloor feature is "E"?
Seamount
Volcano
Guyot
Ridge
3
Which continent is found at number 5 on the map?
Europe
North America
Asia
Africa
4
Continental crust is denser, thinner, and younger than oceanic crust.
False
True
5
What type of boundary is this?
Divergent
Transform
Tension
Convergent
6
How much of Earth's total surface is land mass?
29.2
36.4
56.5
97
7
What is used in bathymetry to map underwater landforms?
Topography
Sonar
Submarines
Drills
8
Salt deposits and limestone formation found on different continents support what theory?
Climate Change
Plate Tectonics
Seafloor Spreading
Continental Drift
9
Which seafloor feature is labeled "H"?
Seamount
Slope
Mid-Ocean ridge
Trench
10
Label the layers of the Earth from interior to exterior.
inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust
mantle, crust, inner core, outer core
outer core, mantle, inner core, crust
crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
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What is formed by divergent boundaries?
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Rift valleys
All of these
Mountains
12
Who created the Continental Drift Theory?
Wayne
Wegener
Williams
Wilmington
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Which of these is evidence of Seafloor Spreading?
Fossils
Magnetometer Data
Marine life
Salt water samples
14
What are the lines that are to the left and the right of the Prime Meridian called?
longitude
lines
latitude
equator
15
What is the process by which sediments, soil, and rocks are added to a landform or land mass?
Convection
Erosion
Deposition
Weathering
16
How many oceans can be found on Earth?
4
5
7
8
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Which is not a type of marine sediment?
Heterogenous
Biogenous
Hydrogenous
Cosmogenous
18
What has occurred in the picture?
Transform boundaries
Hot spots
Convection currents
Convergent boundaries
19
What is the name of the ocean located at number 10 on the map?
Indian
Southern
Atlantic
Antartic
20
What can occur at transform boundaries?
Rift valleys
Earthquakes
Mountains
Volcanes
21
What do continental plates float on?
Inner core
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Outer core
22
How many continents are there?
8
6
7
5
23
Shearing describes this type of boundary.
Convergent
Convection
Transform
Divergent
24
What drives convection currents in the Earth?
Tides
Seafloor Spreading
Magma
Heat from the mantle
25
What does this picture show?
Volcano
Seafloor Spreading
Continental Drift
Global Warming
26
Plates move a few centimeters a year because of the movement of magma beneath them.
True
False
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What is the name of this super continent that broke up over time?
Gondwana
Eurasia
Laurasia
Pangea
