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Who discovered seafloor spreading?
Albert Einstien
Harry Wells
Harry Hess
The Ghostbusters
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What does Seafloor spreading mean?
The Earth split apart due to the continents moving
The theory that all the land forms were once combined.
The theory that the Earth split apart due to plates
That at Mid-ocean ridges, new lithosphere is formed
3
What seafloor structure gives us the most proof of magnetic polarity reversal?
Mid-Indian Trenches
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Mid-Pacific Ridge
Subduction zones
4
Where does Seafloor Spreading occur?
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Rift Valley
5
There are 3 types of Plate tectonic Boundaries.___________ move away from each other.
Transition Boundaries
Convergent Boundaries
Transform Boundaries
Divergent Boundaries
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What is the fastest kind of seismic waves?
P waves
s waves
IDK
Love waves
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Do you know what this song of momoland is?
BAAM
I'm So Hot
BBOOM BBOOM
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True or False: A Convergent boundary creates a subduction zone.
True
False
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What does Pangaea mean?
everything
together
all lands
super continent
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Tectonic plates consist of....
Continental crust
Mesosphere
Oceanic crust
Both Oceanic and Continental crust
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What is an example of seafloor spreading?
a convergent boundary
earthquakes
transform boundary
rocks are older the farther down they are
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The plate tectonic theory states that plates are moving in ____ directions at ____ rates.
similar
opposite
different
the same
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What is Magnetic Reversal?
When Earth's magnetic field reverses
When the magnetic field spins for three days
When every magnet in the world suddenly stops working
When the poles shake and break apart
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What do you do during an earthquake at school.
SCREAM
Go to an open area
Run
Go under a sturdy desk.
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the rate of an earthquake's strength
magnanimous
magnitude
magnify
maximum
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does subduction create mountains
yes
no
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What is Plate Tectonics?
The theory of mountain formation
The theory of Pangaea
The theory of plates subducting under the mantle.
The theory of plates moving slowly over the mantle.
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Love Seismic Waves can pass through
the mantle only
the surface only
the core only
earthquakes only
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What is Pangaea
Pangaea is the Result of Suduction
Pangaea is the theory of the giant land mass
Pangaea is the theory of the giant super continent
Pangaea is the Result of Sea Floor Spreading
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Why did Pangaea break apart?
Volcanic eruption
Alfred Wegener wanted it to break apart.
Tectonic plates
Dinosaurs shook the crevices of the Earth.
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What causes an earthquake
A thunder storm
Two tectonic plate bump together
A large wave
A volcano eruption
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Which of these is evidence of Seafloor Spreading?
Magnetometer Data
Fossils
Marine life
Salt water samples
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what does the type of plate boundary?
transform plate boundaries
convergent plate boundaries
divergent plate boundaries
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What was Alfred Wegener’s Main Theory about Pangaea?
The Continents fit together like puzzle pieces
The continents had once been joined in one supercontinent
The mountain ranges on both continents lined up
East coast of South America fit Neatly into the West coast
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what does the type of plate boundary?
transform
convergent
divergent
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famous earthquake magnitude scale
Raker
Riker
Richter
Richie
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Why is magnetic reversal so important?
it shows evidence of sea floor spreading
the poles run away
the poles switch places
the poles tip over
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Which layer of the Earth contains the plates?
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
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The Theory of Plate Tectonics states that...
All snowmen are men :D
The asthenosphere exists.
The lithosphere is divided into plates.
Plates are considered "tectonics"
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What mechanism drives seafloor spreading?
Earth's Rotation
Convection Currents
Ocean Currents
Hotspots
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What is a magnetic reversal?
North and South Pole stay in the same place
Everything is lifted in the atmosphere
North and South Pole switch places
Everything is directed towards the equator
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Plate tectonic theory states the Earth’s crust is broken up into numerous____.
Pieces
Plates
Groups
Parts
33
How many layers does earth have?
1
5
10
4
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How do Earthquake occur ?
When the Earth has a Bad Day : )
When the Earth fights with a another planet
When the Earth is bored : )
When two pieces of the Earth's crust suddenly slip
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What drives continental drift
Contusion currents
Convection currents
Conduction curents
Concussion currents
36
Who theorized the drift of continental drift?
Albert Einstein
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Ben Franklin
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Tectonic plates never move.
True
False
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Where does seafloor spreading occur
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Mountain Ridges
Rift Ridges
None of the above
39
What are the 3 types of seismic waves
primary, secondary, surface
primary, radial, epicenter
focus, secondary, primary
epicenter, focus, surface
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Tuzo Wilson proposed the _____________
theory of continental drift
theory of plate tectonics
theory of seafloor spreading
theory of seismic waves
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what evidence supports that seafloor spreading occurs?
Magnetic feilds
Magnetic strips
magma
I don't know
42
In convergent boundaries _________&_________ form subduction...
Continental & Continental
Continental & Oceanic
Oceanic & Oceanic
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What is a device that measures seismic waves?
seismograph
GPS
richter scale
you cant
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Magnetic striping provides evidence that:
continents are drifting
the core is very hot
rock is magnetic
santa lives in the north pole
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what does the type of plate boundary?
divergent plate boundary
transform plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
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What is subduction?
When an oceanic plate goes under a continent plate.
When a continental plate goes under an oceanic plate.
When a plate goes under a plate.
When a plate goes over a plate.
